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Life Settlements

• Direct Marketing Key to Life Sales

  March 11, 2010

  Sales through direct channels represented more than 20% of the policies, about five percent of premium sold and 13% of the total face value in 2008, according to a new joint project conducted by LIMRA and LIDMA, the Life Insurance Direct Marketing Association.

• New Long-Term Care Trend: Boomers Insuring Their Parents

  March 10, 2010

  The reasons to buy long-term care insurance aren’t new. What is new, though, is who boomer clients are buying such insurance for: their parents.

• Treasury, Labor Dept. Issue RFI on Annuities in 401(k)s

  February 3, 2010

  The Labor and Treasury Departments have issued a request for information to determine whether annuities belong in 401(k)s. Specifically, the agencies want to know the benefits and the drawbacks to receiving retirement income in installments.

• VantisLife Eyes Ambitious Growth Goals

  January 29, 2010

  The insurer sees real opportunity in the Midwest and California.

• Vendors Eye Life Settlement Industry

  January 29, 2010

  A report from Boston-based Aite Group LLC sees moderate growth potential for the life settlements industry in face of a constrained capital environment and decreased taste for innovative financial products brought on by the credit crisis.

• Old Tricks Spell Big Growth for MassMutual

  January 26, 2010

  MassMutual reported record sales of its life insurance products last year.

• Hartford’s McGee Takes On More Challenges

  January 8, 2010

  McGee, who also serves as chairman and chief executive officer of the insurer, steps into his additional role as the company comes out of of a tumultuous period.

• In a World With Few Guarantees, NY Life Wants to Offer Some

  January 7, 2010

  The insurance giant's new ad campaign tries to capitalize on investors' flight to safety.

• New York Life: The Slow Road Beats The Competition

  January 4, 2010

  The tortoise strategy seems to be working.

• Sun Life's VA Sales Shine

  December 16, 2009

  The financial services company said it captured a 3.5% market share for the quarter, its highest share in the United States in over seven years.

• MassMutual Keeps on Hiring

  December 10, 2009

  The insurer plans to add more registered reps and insurance agents over the next few years while competitors reduce headcount.

• Edward Jones Advisors To Sell John Hancock Products

  December 1, 2009

  John Hancock Life Insurance, a unit of John Hancock Financial, will begin selling its products through Edward Jones financial advisors

• Insurers Fret Over Proposed Systemic Risk Regulations

  November 19, 2009

  A group of associations representing the property/casualty industry is asking for revisions to the recently unveiled Financial Stability Improvement Act.

• New York Life Reports Strong Sales

  November 17, 2009

  New York Life Insurance Co. announced record life insurance sales and solid growth in agent recruiting for the first nine months of the year.

• A New Life for Life Settlement Deals

  November 11, 2009

  Life settlement securitizations have picked up some renewed interest in recent weeks, and market players believe the sector is poised for a revival.

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