Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Scaring Clients Doesn't Work
By Linda Koco"Fear-mongering comes from people who are trying to push a product or packaged solution," contends Richard L. Akins, a financial planner with LPL Financial Services in Portland, Ore.
September 03, 2006
NAIFA CEO Woods To Retire Next YearDavid F. Woods, CEO of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, said he plans to step down next August after completing work on ...
September 03, 2006
Fixed Annuity Sales Continue To Sag: LIMRAThe challenging environment for fixed annuity manufacturers continued in the first half of 2006, as sales decreased, persistency worsened, and assets under management remained flat.Fixed ...
September 03, 2006
Annuity Insurers' Response To Current Stress: Lemons To LemonadeIn the last 10 months, many external forces have imposed stress on the annuity world. The responses taken by insurers may suggest a direction for ...
September 03, 2006
Little Action For Industry As Congress Returns For Short SessionFending off another effort by Senate Republicans to push through an estate tax reform bill will be the focus of the life insurance industry when ...
September 03, 2006
IOLI Proponents, Foes Lock HornsThe increasingly charged debate over investor-owned life insurance and non-recourse premium financing was on full display during a session at LIMRA International's Advanced Sales Forum, ...
September 03, 2006
New York Life And MassMutual Again Lead Dalbar Web RatingsNew York Life remained the best-rated corporate life insurance and annuity Web site for consumers in the second quarter, while Massachusetts Mutual once again topped ...
September 03, 2006
Spend Now, Pay Later, Planners CautionFinancial advisors assail the 'spend now, pay later' habits of workers who take cash rather than roll over 401(k) money when they change jobs, according ...