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.
John Hancock to Pilot 50-Cancer Detection Test
By Allison BellThe insurer will pay 50% or 100% of the cost and will not get individual insureds' results.
September 16, 2022
North American Life Insurers' Inflation Shielding Looks Strong: AnalystsShareholders may feel some bumps, but Fitch sees plenty of padding for annuity and policy owners.
September 15, 2022
Life Settlement Firm Sues John Hancock Over UL Cost-of-Insurance IncreasesAn Irish asset manager says the insurer singled out 1,500 universal life policies for unexplained COI changes.
September 14, 2022
Northwestern Mutual Adds a Long-Term Care HybridLincoln Financial has also done something unusual about its own life-LTC hybrid.
September 13, 2022
BroadRiver Buys Non-Cash Life Partners AssetsThe deal ends the Life Partners life settlement business bankruptcy story.
September 13, 2022
Life Insurance Faces a Family Budget Stress Test: Joshua PoliceThe Boston Mutual executive sees strong consumer interest in coverage, but less consumer capacity to pay for it.
September 12, 2022
The Disability Insurance OpportunityIt's a huge market. Hardly anyone even understands it.
September 12, 2022
Insurers Must Reach Millennials and Gen Zers. Here's HowA product designer looks at ways to close young Americans' life protection gap.