Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Bank life insurance sales grow
By staff WriterSales growth fuels individual advisors' practices and large organizations' success. Banks are experiencing growth right now in life insurance sales. For the second consecutive year, the typical bank increased new life sales revenue by nearly 15
April 18, 2008
Life premium up in 2006Signs of life emerged in the U.S. life insurance market, as individual life premium rose 7 percent in new annualized premium in 2006. That increase is the largest since 2000, according to LIMRA International. Total face amount sold went up by 4
April 18, 2008
The best-kept secretThe life settlement industry is getting a lot of welldeserved attention these days, but the focus has been one-sided. Everyone, it seems, is looking for agents and brokers who have clients with unwanted life insurance policies to sell. But let me
April 18, 2008
Kanjorski Files Insurance Office BillRep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., followed through on an earlier announcement Thursday and introduced a bill that would set up an Office of Insurance Information inside ...
April 18, 2008
Kanjorski Files Insurance Office BillRep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., followed through on an earlier announcement Thursday and introduced a bill that would set up an Office of Insurance Information inside ...
April 17, 2008
September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. When was the last time you purchased, made changes to or otherwise reviewed your life insurance coverage?"We just bought a bigger life insurance policy maybe four months ago."
April 17, 2008
Gift keeps givingIt has been said that a membership to the fruit of the month club is the gift that keeps on giving, and to an extent that's true. Now there is an insurance product that allows grandparents to give the gift that keeps giving even after they pass on.
April 17, 2008
Top index annuity carriers rankedIndex annuity sales were down in the first quarter of 2007, according to the Advantage Index Sales Market Report, issued by Advantage Compendium. The $5.73 billion in sales marked a 9 percent drop from the same period last year and a 4 percent drop