National Underwriter Life & Health Magazine January 18, 2010
Cover Story
Seize The 2010 Opportunity
As 2010 begins, many producers are happy to leave 2009 behind.
Focus
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The Combo Annuity/LTC Driver
Americans have just survived a devastating period of asset depletion and shrinkage.
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Trends Among LTCI Buyers
Planning for a secure retirement involves more than just investing hard-earned dollars into a 401(k) plan. It requires a hard look at the gaps in each client's insurance coverage
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Cognitive Testing For Older Clients On The Rise
Cognitive testing is being added to older-age underwriting programs to test for cognitive functionality.
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Annuitize And Invest The Difference
A new rule of thumb seems in order for this time of financial stress for many retirees: "Annuitize and invest the difference."
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Cognitive Testing For Older Clients Grows
Cognitive testing is being added to older-age underwriting programs to test for cognitive functionality. Here is what is happening.
News
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No Solution In Sight For Estate Tax Fix
Action this month on legislation restoring the estate tax, even for an interim period, is unlikely, despite the problems the lapse of the estate tax is causing.
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Agents Push Hard For State Role As Health Reform Negotiations Pick Up
Insurance agents of all stripes are focusing on sustaining a strong role for state regulators in any new health care delivery regime.
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AIG Counterparty Hearing To Be Held
More than one year after the first federal bailout of AIG, the American people continue to question where their tax dollars were really sent when the government rescued this company.
Opinion
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Vive La Diff?rence
Never in the 54 years that I have been affiliated with the insurance business have I witnessed such a bashing of our industry as that which occurred in 2009.
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Chummy Deals
It's become more and more clear that one of the big initial mistakes President Obama made was selecting Timothy Geithner to be Secretary of the Treasury.
