Life Planning Strategies
Life planning strategies, with ideas about how to use life insurance and related products to help people and businesses get things done.
S&P: For life insurers, TARP aid won't immediately boost ratings
By Staff WriterEven though the Treasury has expressed the possibility to expand federal aid to life insurers, Standard & Poor's Rating Services says not to expect higher...
April 02, 2009
You've gotta be kidding ...Sadly, no. We were hoping they have well-funded HSAs or high-deductible plans (say at about the $1 million level), but of course that's not the...
April 02, 2009
State, federal regulation heats upIt's an argument that's raged for 150 years; and here it comes again. Two members of the House of Representatives plan to introduce legislation today...
April 02, 2009
Disgusted with Greenberg's pasturesWill someone, anyone, just say sorry? I was disgusted by Elliot Spitzer's run at Hank Greenberg, but not because it wasn't warranted. It was the...
April 01, 2009
Insurance Update: Down, Down, DownRun a Google search these days for "insurance company ratings downgrade" and you'll come up with page after page of companies losing ground, from Aegon...
April 01, 2009
The Outlook: Negative, but SoundIn the second half of 2008, Fitch Ratings moved its ratings outlook for most insurance regions and sectors globally to negative. It now expects a...
March 31, 2009
Guarantees dominate variable annuities amid sharp sales declineAlmost all variable annuities offered include some form of Guaranteed Living Benefit (GLB) according to a survey by Milliman released Tuesday. The firm's new survey of...