Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Senate Primes For Debate Over SCHIP Program
By Arthur D. PostalThe Bush administration and Congress moved a step closer today toward a major confrontation this month over the future shape of the State Children's Health ...
July 15, 2007
Scrutiny Of Professional Credentials Renewed Following Times ArticleAn industry debate over the value and use of professional credentials and the preparation offered prior to their use is being renewed following a July ...
July 15, 2007
Bottom Line Or Top Value: The Life Insurance PurchaseWhat do customers want to pay for life insurance? Probably, as little as possible.People have become attuned to believing the less they can pay for ...
July 15, 2007
ROP Term: The Don't-Use-It, Don't-Lose-It OptionTerm insurance, as the industry has always known it, is life insurance that is pure protection. A client doesn't pay for cash values--just the promise ...
July 15, 2007
VAs Have Their Charms, But Diversification Is Still The RuleGiven the widely-touted benefits of variable annuities, the question inevitably arises: Why not counsel clients to put all of their nest eggs in a VA ...
July 15, 2007
SOA: Savior Or Snake Oil?As a science fiction buff and a Mr. Wizard wannabe, I have, in recent years, become fascinated with the amazing theories of quantum physics.I've read ...
July 15, 2007
Value Of Life Insurance: Back To BasicsReviewing the process that an insurance broker went through to select a life insurance policy for an individual became an eye-opener.There are lots of decisions ...
July 15, 2007
What Are The Odds?Recently, the Treasury Department decided to include insurance in its upcoming review of the regulatory system for U.S. financial institutions.What was as interesting as the ...