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.
How to Cure What Ails Indexed Universal Life
By David MacchiaAn IUL strategist makes the case that tracking technology can make policies live up to expectations.
February 28, 2025
Helping Clients Understand Tax StrategiesThe right picture can communicate a lot.
February 11, 2025
Equitable Weighs Options for Its Life BusinessThe company plans to continue to focus on expanding annuity sales.
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 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 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.