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Coverage starts November 9th

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New IUL Illustration Rules Will Not Apply To In-Force: Regulators

A state regulator task force took another step Thursday toward agreement on rule changes designed to rein in index universal life insurance illustrations. In a straw poll vote, Life Actuarial Task Force members voted 13-3 to affirm that any changes will only apply to new IUL policies.

Insurance Will Grow And Flow Through Different Channels: Analyst

More fee-based products, new channels and growth in direct-to-consumer sales are some trends Chip Roame expects in the coming years. Roame, managing partner of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, characterized insurance products as being in a natural transition phase.

Life Insurance Ownership Drops 9% In A Decade, Study Finds

Over the past decade, U.S. life insurance ownership has fallen 9 percentage points to 54%, according to the 2020 Insurance Barometer Study. Researchers attribute the drop in ownership to a broad decline in employer-paid group life insurance benefits.

Two Insurers Cutting Salaries From COVID-19 Impact

A number of major employers nationwide are cutting salaries in an effort to cope with the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the insurance world, Principal Financial and Aon announced they are reducing salaries for a percentage of their workforce.

ACLI Version Wins In IUL Illustration Fight

Life Actuarial Task Force members voted 15-2 in a “straw poll” to proceed with language put forth by the American Council of Life Insurers. The language is designed to shore up Actuarial Guideline 49 and bring IUL illustrations more in line with actual returns.

Term Life Premium Up 8%, Offsetting Tough 1Q: LIMRA

Term life insurance premium increased 8% in the first quarter, the highest since the second quarter 2007, according to LIMRA’s First Quarter 2020 U.S. Individual Life Insurance Sales Survey. Sixty percent of term life writers reported positive growth.