Permanent Life Insurance
Permanent life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of the whole life, variable life, fixed universal life, variable universal life and indexed universal life markets.
January 09, 2025
Lincoln Financial Hit With Investor Lawsuits in State CourtThe plaintiffs say the company should have warned them earlier about problems with its variable universal life policies.
December 31, 2024
Estate Planners Look for Way Out of Connelly ChainsA lawyer says the obvious alternatives to Crown C Supply's arrangement are fine — for a family that never changes.
December 09, 2024
Treasury and Fed Tell States to Watch Life Insurers More CarefullyRegulators are nervous about the companies' private credit and offshore reinsurance disclosures.
October 16, 2024
Client Sues Barred Broker Over 'Devastating' Life Insurance PlanBarred brokers selling complex life insurance plans is a growing problem, the client's lawyer says.
October 02, 2024
Northwestern Mutual Sets Off 2025 Dividend RaceThe company is predicting that its payments to policyholder owners will rise 12%.
September 19, 2024
Clients With LLCs Need a Business Continuity Plan CheckA recent Supreme Court could hurt any clients with continuity plans that were set on autopilot.
September 18, 2024
Senate Finance Bones Up for Brutal Budget DebatesBut the highlight of the latest tax policy hearing was hints about avoidance strategies yet to be skewered.
September 10, 2024
High-Income Retirement Savers Still in a Post-Pandemic SlumpFor the top 5%, post-tax, inflation-adjusted income is 1.7% lower than it was before everything changed.
August 30, 2024
3 Ways Advisors Can Support Business Owner Clients NowToo many feel awful. Help with retirement and succession planning may ease some concerns.
August 28, 2024
Equitable Faces Return of Life Policy Reinstatement ClaimA 2nd Circuit panel found there may be a genuine dispute over how the insurer made a decision.