Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to InsuranceNewsNet, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].
Under health care reform, workers who have no health insurance but who work for firms with 50 or more employees would have been able, starting in 2014, to obtain health care coverage from their employer…
The Iowa Insurance Division has posted Apollo Global Management LLC’s application to buy the big Iowa annuity carrier on the division’s website…
The risk that has DFS concerned, he said, is whether private equity firms are more short-term focused than long-term. Insurance, he said, is “all about the long haul.” ..
Sunday, June 16, could have been thought of as Harkin Day, at least among indexed annuity professionals…
One way that James P. Ruth attracts baby boomers to his firm and the retirement services it offers is by providing a brief concept guide on immediate annuities…
One day, a small boy left a favorite toy at a hotel where he had stayed with his family. That’s not an uncommon event, but what happened afterwards was an awesome event, according to marketing expert Scott Stratten…
Sam Richter had a meeting with an executive at Allianz, and he wanted to be present with information that shows he is keeping up with the company and cares about how it is doing…
Question: Is it easier to work on life insurance solutions when the client is a personal friend or a stranger (such as a referral, seminar attendee, qualified lead, etc.) and why?…
Iowa’s new annuity disclosure regulation, complete with precedent-setting illustration regulations for fixed annuities, has been in effect since Jan. 1 but, so far, the Iowa Insurance Division has received no complaints about infractions…
Is the day coming when insurance agents will be selling crossover life insurance and annuity products? That is the direction Nationwide Financial is heading…
Annuity carriers with first quarter sales drops don’t need to feel like the last musher on the Iditarod Trail. They have plenty of company…
Genworth has made it official. Effective June 1, it will cease selling AARP-branded long-term care insurance through its Genworth Life Insurance Co. and Genworth Life Insurance Co. of New York companies…
Here is a good one for annuity buffs. What is the top reason that adults aged 40-plus buy deferred annuities? Growth potential, perhaps? Maybe tax deferral? How about tax deferral plus liquidity? What about the product guarantees?…
Is the consumer romance with fixed indexed annuities likely to continue next year or might it start to fizzle as consumers seek other eligible prospects?…
Getting Americans to save more is ”the biggest social issue of our time,” maintained Stig O. Nybo at the annual Retirement Industry Conference sponsored by LIMRA, LOMA and Society of Actuaries…
Today, many Americans have no incentive to save for retirement, but advisors can do something about that, according to LIMRA Chief, Robert Kerzner…
If there is any doubt that financial advisors are stepping up their efforts to offer retirement income planning and services, LIMRA has some numbers that should put that doubt to rest…
There is a huge opportunity in the emerging growth product, indexed universal life insurance, said Bobby Samuelson in a workshop here. But when entering this market, the industry “needs to know where the landmines are,” he warned…
LIMRA researchers have been noodling around with the question of how customers feel when beneficiaries undergo the experience of filing a death claim, so they decided to do a study. What they found out is not what they expected…
Carriers are using five ways to reach the mid-market for life insurance, according to new research from LIMRA and the LIFE Foundation…
