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.
Insuring Future Success
By Marlene Y. SatterMergers are not the sole province of corporations. Two longtime financial trade organizations have joined the trend to consolidate. However, they will not lose their...
December 01, 2007
IRS Eyes Insurance SecuritizationThe IRS has begun to scrutinize life insurance securitizations. The law firm of Sidley Austin in New York reports in its latest newsletter that Diane...
December 01, 2007
A Taxing DilemmaAs another year draws to a close and clients find themselves thinking of the future, perhaps one New Year's resolution will be to get around...
November 05, 2007
Insurance EducationThe American College's nineteenth annual Henry A. Deppe Lecture, which provides insurance agents, financial planners, attorneys, and accountants with a forum to learn about changes...
November 01, 2007
The Swinging PendulumIf you were a doctor or dentist, the decade from 1995-2005 was tough. Insurance companies didn't want to offer disability coverage to doctors and dentists....
November 01, 2007
On the Agenda: Insurance and RatingsThe hot topics that Congress will continue to debate this year and into 2008 are whether to create an optional federal regulator for the insurance...
October 01, 2007
How Does it Work, And How Do I Get ItThe three basic factors that underwriters look at, says Bill Harrison, managing director of Aon's Crisis Management practice, are procurement, quality control, and crisis management....
October 01, 2007
Do You Recall?It's been a tough year for recalls. First it was pet food. Then everything from livestock feed to toothpaste, shrimp, fish, and toys to tires...