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.
April 03, 2023
Watch Out When Using This Type of Trust: IRSThis kind of annuity trust can be misused by promoters, advisors and taxpayers trying to eliminate ordinary income and capital gains.
March 30, 2023
Federal Court Blocks Many ACA Preventive Services RequirementsThe ruling could affect clients' spending on colonoscopies and diabetes screenings.
March 28, 2023
Regulators Approve Guideline for Index-Linked Variable AnnuitiesAnother NAIC change could affect efforts to show clients how indexed universal life policies might work.
March 23, 2023
Advisor Tells Regulators That Life Illustrations Are Just Too SimpleNAIC panels are also discussing AI, fast underwriting and guarantees from dead banks.
March 15, 2023
Make Sure Everyone Understands Life Insurance: Jomil GuerreroNew York Life's new chief diversity officer says one way to serve diverse markets is to explain how the coverage works.
March 10, 2023
Biden Hopes to Tax 'Frozen Cash Value' Life ContractsThe proposal could have a retroactive effect on some wealthy estate planning clients.
March 08, 2023
Indexed Life Sales Continue to RiseFixed universal life "definitely needs to be some new innovation," says one exec.
March 06, 2023
Brooks Tingle to Lead Manulife's John Hancock UnitMarianne Harrison, the Manulife unit's CEO, is retiring.
March 03, 2023
Long COVID Correlates With High Mortality: Health InsurerElevance enrollees with long COVID symptoms were more likely to have strokes, heart problems and lung problems.