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.
Life Settlement Firm Sues John Hancock Over UL Cost-of-Insurance Increases
By Allison BellAn Irish asset manager says the insurer singled out 1,500 universal life policies for unexplained COI changes.
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.
September 12, 2022
10 Top Ways to Use Life Insurance in Charitable GivingThe author sees plenty of untapped potential in a huge, little-noticed asset class.
September 06, 2022
Summer Blahs Hit U.S. Individual Life MarketSales are slumping as uncertainty lingers about the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 06, 2022
Don't Let a Life Settlement Opportunity LapseLife settlement players say too many clients have no idea what they're losing.
August 25, 2022
Life and Annuity Issuers Look Strong: S&PRating analysts see issuers preparing for the possible arrival of a recession in 2023.