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Life Settlements
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Life Insurance Producers Not Seeing Social Media Benefits
June 14, 2010Survey results show some producers are using social media, but say it’s not generating new business.
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Life Insurance Sales Turn Around
May 27, 2010Sales turned positive after their worst year in decades, according to LIMRA.
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Life Industry Sees Slight 2009 Rebound
May 4, 2010Industry net income noted as the single-largest factor in the 2009 improvement.
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Are The Retirement Waters Now Murkier?
April 1, 2010The new regulations will have you looking for answers more than ever before.
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Has the Recession Changed How Americans Look at Long Term Care?
March 19, 2010Buyers of long-term-care insurance chose cheaper policies and more inflation protection in 2009, according to research from the AALTCI.
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Bank Sales Spur Jackson’s VA Growth
March 18, 2010While competitors struggled in 2009, Jackson National Life Insurance Co. reported its best year for annuity sales through banks.
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Life Insurers Must Retool Systems
March 18, 2010Premiums are down 12%, but with the cost of risk rising, life sellers should take the opportunity to prepare for a brighter future.
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Insurance CEOs Trade Views
March 12, 2010A quartet of top insurance executives considered the state of the industry during a panel discussion held during Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) Legislative Conference & Convention.
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Direct Marketing Key to Life Sales
March 11, 2010Sales 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.
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New Long-Term Care Trend: Boomers Insuring Their Parents
March 10, 2010The 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.
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Treasury, Labor Dept. Issue RFI on Annuities in 401(k)s
February 3, 2010The 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.
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VantisLife Eyes Ambitious Growth Goals
January 29, 2010The insurer sees real opportunity in the Midwest and California.
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Vendors Eye Life Settlement Industry
January 29, 2010A 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.
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Old Tricks Spell Big Growth for MassMutual
January 26, 2010MassMutual reported record sales of its life insurance products last year.
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Hartford’s McGee Takes On More Challenges
January 8, 2010McGee, 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.
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