Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to InsuranceNewsNet, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].
The Ninth Circuit Court in Los Angeles ruled that the policy issuer, EquiTrust Life, “delivered precisely what it promised.”…
“Sell the emotional paycheck” is how one researcher suggests that advisors reach prospects in Generations X and Y…
The digital world is the place where more and more business connections will be made, according to LIMRA executive James W. Kerley…
Although 84 percent of Americans consider it important to have a guaranteed monthly paycheck in retirement, only 14 percent have purchased an annuity that will ensure lifetime income, according to a survey…
A new program will assess buyers’ perspectives on their “experience” in interacting with a company’s producers as well as with the company itself…
As employers who still have defined benefit plans search for other retirement solutions, fixed index annuities may become an attractive choice…
After pulling out of the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) market four years ago, MetLife wants to get back into the game…
An industry analyst believes there are signs that the long-running decline in life insurance applications has stabilized…
The option allows a 401(k) plan participant to gradually convert savings into a stream of guaranteed lifetime income…
If advisors were to limit their annuity marketing only to big cities, they might miss opportunities in unexpected areas…
The challenge is deciding how to respect an elder’s right to make their own decisions while preventing their financial self-destruction, according to the nation’s first “investor advocate.”…
Examples cited in the IRS’ annual “Dirty Dozen” tax scam list include misuse of trusts, including private annuity trusts and foreign trusts, and abusive use of small or “micro” captive insurance companies. That’s in addition to the use of abusive tax structures…
A “digital revolution” is already hitting the property/casualty insurance marketplace. Can life insurance and annuities be the next targets?…
Although insurance has the smallest slice of the $14 trillion AUM pie over five years, that piece is growing at a strong rate…
After 11 years at the National Association for Fixed Annuities helm, Kim O’Brien steps down to take care of medical needs and clear the way for new leadership…
The new proposals would give 30 million additional workers access to a workplace savings opportunity…
How the heightened focus on retirement in 2015 will impact the retail retirement marketplace remains to be seen…
Even though many Americans say they want to keep working past normal retirement age, the data paint a different picture…
Variable annuities are on the examination radar of “product-focused concerns” at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
The demand is growing for annuities that fund pension takeover deals…
