Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Learning Social Security’s ins and outs
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPOptimizing Social Securitys retirement benefit has gone from being an obscure, wonkish topic to an essential part of retirement income planning.
October 26, 2015
Experts say DOL rule will remain largely unchanged"There are a lot of unintended consequences and a lot of problems with the rule," said one LIMRA panelist.
October 26, 2015
SEC fiduciary rule still a long way offThe SEC's Investment Management director says the unit is still working on a uniform fiduciary recommendation--but lawmakers aren't happy with the timeline.
October 26, 2015
Behind the scenes of the new longevity estimatesAmericans are living longer, just not as long as the Society of Actuaries' 2014 mortality tables project.
October 26, 2015
Why Ken Fisher Hates AnnuitiesThe Fisher Investments founder tells ThinkAdvisor about what he calls the lies annuity salespeople tell and how he buys clients out of their surrender fees.
October 26, 2015
How a Fed rate hike could actually stimulate the U.S. economyHigher interest rates might actually add fuel to, rather than cool, the housing market, some analysts contend.
October 26, 2015
3 reasons you should never ask for referrals on LinkedInDont alienate your social networks by asking for referrals the wrong way.
October 25, 2015
College Planning: 7 Steps to Filing the FAFSAFAFSA filing dates are changing, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, and that could affect parents' finances.