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.
LPL Financial IPO: Market Overview
By Staff WriterBy Joyce Hanson From an overall market perspective, LPL Financial's $600 million listing on Friday, June 4, arrives during a period of volatility, with a boomlet...
June 01, 2010
B/D Briefing: FINRA's Ketchum Sees a Fiduciary Future for B/DsAs the Senate continued its debate on Senator Chris Dodd's financial services reform bill in mid-May, members of Congress were wading through a series of...
May 27, 2010
Psychological Well-Being Increases After 50The period between ages 18 and 50 may be tough, but according to research, 51 is great. A study conducted by Stony Brook University based...
May 27, 2010
Wary Analysts Watch Gold's Climb, Investors Flock to SafetyCall it a sign of the times. As currency fears continue to drive gold prices ever-higher, one company is capitalizing with gold-dispensing ATMs. That's right,...
May 25, 2010
Jackson National Life Expands With New Tennessee OfficeIn a possible sign of further improvement in the life insurance and annuity industry, Jackson National Life Insurance Co. announced it will establish a regional headquarter in Franklin, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville.
May 25, 2010
LIMRA: Individual Life Insurance Sales Improve in First QuarterWhole life insurance, the only product to show positive growth in 2009, experienced the next biggest increase in the first quarter of 2010, jumping 15%, according to LIMRA.
May 24, 2010
Knut A. Rostad, Committee for Fiduciary Standard ChairThe Senate passed its version of the financial services reform bill, S. 3217, on Thursday, May 20, by a 59-39 vote. After...
May 20, 2010
Democrats Succeed on Dodd Bill Cloture Vote in Senate; Final Vote Is Expected FridaySenate Democrats were successful on Thursday, May 20, in invoking cloture on Senator Christopher Dodd's (D-Connecticut) financial services reform bill, S. 3217. Further debate on...