Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
January 31, 2025
What If Life and Annuity Issuers Use Vendors With Bad AIs?Regulators are wrestling with questions about how to handle the service providers' tech.
January 30, 2025
FINRA Fines, Suspends Another NY Broker Accused of CE CheatingThe broker is among dozens who've been disciplined over findings that someone else completed their continuing education requirements.
January 30, 2025
Ameriprise Favors Advisor Recruiting Over Asset Manager DealsTo CEO Jim Cracchiolo, wealth management firm acquisition prices look high.
January 30, 2025
Life Insurance Settlements: Who Does What?Advisors need to know which players are buying, which are selling and which put the client's interests first.
January 29, 2025
Your Business Client Could Become Disabled, or DieInsurance can be part of designing an effective succession strategy to protect an ongoing enterprise, Dan Sudit maintains.
January 29, 2025
2024 Deaths Top 2019 Levels, CDC EstimatesThe preliminary total for the fourth quarter is 9.7% higher than the pre-pandemic norm.
January 27, 2025
Appeals Court Sides With Equitable in NY Universal Life CaseSurrendering a policy affects whether the owner can collect damages, the top New York court says.
January 24, 2025
HENRYs: A Promising Young Market for AdvisorsFirms may benefit from targeting young, high-income people who are often neglected by the industry.
January 23, 2025
U.S. Consumers Face Much More Uncertainty About FinancesA new index shows why retirement savers look fine on paper but feel dizzy in practice.
January 16, 2025
COLI Advisors are Retiring Faster than They Can Be ReplacedThe industry's painful loss is a huge opportunity for younger financial professionals.