Permanent Life Insurance
Permanent life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of the whole life, variable life, fixed universal life, variable universal life and indexed universal life markets.
5 Things Pru Said Today About Volatility
By Allison BellCharles Lowrey, the CEO, wants to reduce risk. Meanwhile, customers want it to absorb their risk.
April 25, 2023
Ameriprise Hints at How Life and Annuity Issuers Are DoingNet investment income was up at Ameriprise. Maybe it was up at other life and annuity issuers, too.
April 21, 2023
How 10 Life and Annuity Mutuals Fared in 2022Your clients likely own part of these companies.
April 17, 2023
Nationwide Aims to Compete Harder for Corporate-Owned Life BusinessMany businesses use the policies to increase executives' retirement benefits.
April 13, 2023
Financial Pros Often Downplay Life Policy Investment Features: SurveyLIMRA and Ernst & Young found that agents and advisors focus mainly on the death benefits.
April 03, 2023
Watch Out When Using This Type of Trust: IRSThis kind of annuity trust can be misused by promoters, advisors and taxpayers trying to eliminate ordinary income and capital gains.
March 30, 2023
Federal Court Blocks Many ACA Preventive Services RequirementsThe ruling could affect clients' spending on colonoscopies and diabetes screenings.
March 28, 2023
Regulators Approve Guideline for Index-Linked Variable AnnuitiesAnother NAIC change could affect efforts to show clients how indexed universal life policies might work.