Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
3 Stretch IRA Alternatives After IRS' Secure Act Surprise
By Robert Bloink | William H. ByrnesTax-efficient estate planning strategies exist, but each has its own rules.
March 14, 2022
Your Client's Life Insurance Policy May Be on the Chopping BlockAs inflation spirals, retirees are at greater risk of allowing life insurance to lapse.
March 10, 2022
Older Consumers Keep Shopping for Life InsuranceSome use their policies to fund retirement and long-term care plans.
March 09, 2022
COVID-19 Drove 25% Increase in U.S. Deaths in JanuaryThe new numbers raise new questions about how retirement specialists should think about longevity.
March 01, 2022
The Term Life Conversion Privilege DeadlineHere's a policy feature that some clients might not have thought much about.
March 01, 2022
Valmark CEO Sees Indexed Universal Life Marketing Woes Getting WorseRybka and other IUL watchers say one problem is illustrations that include fixed-interest bonuses.
February 28, 2022
Biden Supreme Court Pick Has Been Sympathetic to InsurersKetanji Brown Jackson scoffed at a plaintiff in a case involving AARP life marketing revenue.