Bank Annuity Sales Continue Strong Growth
By Trevor ThomasByTotal bank annuity sales increased 10.5% in May to almost $4.8 billion, according to a survey by Kenneth Kehrer Associates, sponsored by Jackson National ...
July 14, 2002
ULs Are Back, With A TwistByThe saying goes that what goes around comes around. In universal life insurance, that is certainly truebut the product that is coming back is much ...
July 14, 2002
Mainframes: Still A MainstayBy William N. PieroniThe rumors of the death of the mainframe have been greatly exaggerated.Mainframes have played a significant role in core operations and customer-facing ...
July 14, 2002
Know Your Senior, Serve Your ClientByFor prospectors in the financial services industry, the baby boomer market may be something akin to the "Yukon Gold Rush," contends Ken Dychtwald, a Ph.D. ...
July 14, 2002
Life Insurers Need To Refine Strategies For This New EnvironmentWhen asked to produce an important document, W. C. Fields, in the movie The Man on the Flying Trapeze, approaches an enormous rolltop desk, pushes ...
July 14, 2002
Moody's Says Worldcom Woes Have Limited Credit Impact On InsurersByA recent report from Moodys Investors Service could not identify any U.S. life insurer whose credit losses tied to WorldCom Inc. would be sufficient to ...
July 14, 2002
IRS Releases Propsed Split-Dollar RulesIRS Releases Proposed Split-Dollar RulesBy Steven BrostoffWashington The Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed rules on equity split-dollar arrangements that have some practitioners questioning the ...
July 14, 2002
HIAA Says Health Insurance Is AffordableByWashington Individual health insurance is already far more affordable than critics charge and would become even more so if Congress enacts President Bushs proposal to ...