With Older Seniors, Advise According To The Worst-Case Scenario
By Douglas I. FriedmanQuestions from agents about selling life insurance and annuities in the senior market continue to amaze and disappoint."Senior market" here refers to true seniors--those over ...
January 08, 2006
Annuity-LTC Combos Would Get Legs From House LegislationThe House of Representatives passed pension reform legislation on Dec. 15, 2005, that contains clarifications and enhancements for combination insurance products providing long term care ...
January 08, 2006
What Are The 'Proper' Investments For Retirement?The past few years have seen the development of much court litigation and disputes in other forums involving variable annuities.Admittedly, the bulk of these disputes ...
January 08, 2006
Senior Drug Plan Enrollees Say Effort Is WorthwhileMost enrollees in the new Medicare prescription drug program seem to think that the value of the new drug benefits will justify the work that ...
January 08, 2006
The LTC Insurance Industry Is Not Waiting For GodotIn Samuel Beckett's famous existential play, "Waiting for Godot," the characters eagerly anticipate and alternatively despair for the all-important but always elusive "Godot" to arrive.For ...
January 08, 2006
Annuity-LTC Combos Would Get Legs From House LegislationThe House of Representatives passed pension reform legislation on Dec. 15, 2005, that contains clarifications and enhancements for combination insurance products providing long term care ...
January 08, 2006
Much Unfinished Business Faces Congress In The Coming MonthsPension benefit reform legislation awaiting final congressional action contains provisions "particularly interesting" to the life insurance industry, according to an industry analyst, but enactment could ...
January 08, 2006
What Are The 'Proper' Investments For Retirement?The past few years have seen the development of much court litigation and disputes in other forums involving variable annuities.Admittedly, the bulk of these disputes ...