Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Moody's Assesses Impact Of Bird Flu Pandemic
By Arthur D. PostalAn avian influenza pandemic would have a "material effect" on life insurers, but the chances of such an event happening are still "relatively low," a ...
April 29, 2007
The Advisor's Role In Getting The Word Out On SettlementsAdvisors in life settlement transactions continue to work with their clients and conduct their transactions despite the heated debate surrounding the market.Even so, with some ...
April 29, 2007
An Industry Confronting Struggles On Many FrontsThe second roundtable of life settlement executives sponsored by National Underwriter Life & Health took place on March 23. This was after the spring meeting ...
April 29, 2007
Retirement Planning Challenges? New Report Suggests SolutionsIt's one thing to talk about looming retirement planning challenges, but what can consumers, firms and financial professionals do about them?A new report presented at ...
April 29, 2007
NCOIL On Its Life Settlement Model:More Talk Before Decision-MakingStakeholders debating the update to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' model act regarding life settlements opted to hold off on much of the major ...
April 29, 2007
Channel Differences Yield Different Retirement Income ApproachesDistributors and financial advisors in the retirement income market will need to develop different approaches based on their own channel characteristics and client profiles.This point ...
April 29, 2007
A Big Hole In The NAIC's New Viatical Model AmendmentsThe recent discussions and subsequent action taken by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee concerning amendments to the Viatical ...
April 29, 2007
A Big Hole In The NAIC's New Viatical Model AmendmentsThe recent discussions and subsequent action taken by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee concerning amendments to the Viatical ...