Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Breaking Into The Affluent Market
By Barry HigginsBreaking Into The Affluent MarketByhas remained a mystery for many financial advisors. How does an agent go about getting into this segment, where annual life ...
May 04, 2003
Abusive 412(i) Plans Are Tainting Legitimate ProgramsAbusive 412(i) Plans Are Tainting Legitimate ProgramsBy Thomas B. HigginsWhy is it that whenever something "good" starts to become popular some people tinker with it ...
May 04, 2003
Agents May Find Opportunity In Split Dollar 'Rescues'Agents May Find Opportunity In Split-Dollar RescuesBy Randall S. MaconIn the coming months, many employers sponsoring split-dollar plans will be re-evaluating those arrangements in light ...
May 04, 2003
Study Says Life Insurers' Overhead Expenses Spurted in 2001Study Says Life Insurers Overhead Expenses Spurted In 2001 ByU.S. life insurance companies overhead expenses were 11.3% of direct ordinary life premium income in 2001, ...
May 02, 2003
F&G Introduces Term ProductNU Online News Service, May 2, 2003, 3:44 p.m. EDT -- Fidelity & Guaranty Life, Baltimore, has introduced the Value Select term life insurance ...
May 02, 2003
MassMutual Adds Individual Disability ProductsNU Online News Service, May 2, 2003, 4:56 p.m. EDT -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Mass., has introduced a new individual disability ...
May 01, 2003
Great American Reports 1st Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, May 1, 2003, 4:34 p.m. EDT -- Great American Financial Resources Inc., Cincinnati, is reporting $8.3 million in net income ...
May 01, 2003
Canada Life Reports Higher 1st Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, May 1, 2003, 5:27 p.m. EDT -- Canada Life Financial Corp., Toronto. Canada Life is reporting the equivalent of $88 ...