Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
The Life Underwriting Blind Spot
By Hank GeorgeWhen underwriters learn that an applicant for life insurance is taking medication X for condition Y, this is often a key factor in determining that ...
March 23, 2008
Professionals Suggest Ways To Improve Image Of LTC InsuranceLong term care insurance suffers from a generally poor view by the public, including that it's too expensive, that it's unlikely a given consumer would ...
March 23, 2008
Full Disclosure Universal Life ReportWhile new product introductions and repricing have been accelerating over the last 18 months due to adoption of the new 2001 mortality tables, much of ...
March 23, 2008
West Virginia, Indiana Diverge On Legislation Regulating STOLIThe life settlement industry counted the recent passage of legislation aimed at preventing stranger-originated life insurance in Indiana and West Virginia as a split decision, ...
March 23, 2008
Full Disclosure Universal Life ReportWhile new product introductions and repricing have been accelerating over the last 18 months due to adoption of the new 2001 mortality tables, much of ...
March 23, 2008
Remarriage ChecklistMake remarriage another point to suggest a policy review with the client. That is not typically on the list of automatic triggers for policy review ...
March 23, 2008
Individual U.S. Annuity Sales Climbed 8% In 2007Individual annuity sales in the U.S. reached $257 billion in 2007, according to LIMRA International's year-end data.This 8% increase over 2006 largely resulted from record-setting ...
March 23, 2008
Multi-Life LTC Experts Positive About Growth ProspectsLong term care insurance for multiple lives will be an increasingly important part of LTC insurance sales, predicted Lynn Hartung, executive vice president and chief ...