Life Planning Strategies
Life planning strategies, with ideas about how to use life insurance and related products to help people and businesses get things done.
December 28, 2006
MassMutual Names New ChairmanMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company announced Dec, 18 that president and CEO Stuart Reese will become chairman of the MassMutual board effective January 1, 2007. Reese, 51, will replace James Birle, who has served as non-executive chairman since June 2005; Birle was named lead director of the board.
December 04, 2006
Merger Fever Strikes Life Insurance AssociationsThe presidents of LIMRA International and LOMA--two international associations that provide their insurance and financial services company members with research, marketing, distribution, and operational services--issued...
December 01, 2006
Less is MoreOne change now surfacing within the disability market, according to John Ryan, a Greenwood, Colorado insurance consultant to financial advisors, is John Hancock's approach to...
December 01, 2006
Physician, Insure ThyselfDisability insurance is undergoing some interesting changes. According to John Ryan of Ryan Insurance Strategy Consultants in Greenwood Village, Colorado, one of those changes is...
October 01, 2006
Seeking LiquidityDespite the enormous potential the life settlement market offers, experts are not sure how quickly it will get going. There has been too much confusion...
October 01, 2006
Southern ExposureThe Canadians are coming, the Canadians are coming! Spurred by a strong currency and a mature domestic market lacking in significant growth opportunities, some of Canada's...
October 01, 2006
The Times Are A-ChangingIn an August 22 presentation, Mindy Lubber, president of the environmental and investment coalition Ceres, baldly said that global warming is "the greatest threat the...
September 22, 2006
Protecting the ProtectorsOn September 21, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act
September 01, 2006
Insurance StreamliningInsurers and investors of all stripes are having their day in the sun this summer with action on major legislation, including the streamlining of specialty...