National Underwriter Life & Health Magazine May 17, 2010
Cover Story
S. 3217: Industry Sweats Proposed Fiduciary Model
The Senate last week continued to weigh appropriate standards that agents should use in selling investment products.
Focus
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Product Ideas For Assured Income Flows
Interest in assured income flows has never been stronger. The Following are some thoughts on how those flows can be achieved.
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Boomers, Retirement Plans And Guaranteed Income
Collectively, the baby boomer generation may be facing an uncertain retirement future.
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Boomer To Young Advisors: It's All About Me, Not You
Dear young advisor: Don't tell me you know what I mean, because you don't. Don't even tell me you understand how I am thinking, because you don't.
News
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Voluntary, Worksite Sales Rise
Voluntary and worksite insurance sales increased 3.3% in 2009, according to Eastbridge Consulting Group Inc.
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Health Care News: New Agency May Be Unlikely
As the Senate rushes to complete work on financial services legislation, odds are dimming that an amendment to the bill establishing a health insurance rate regulatory authority would even get a vote.
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IRS Starts Applying Small Group Tax Credit
The Internal Revenue Service has published a table that small employers can use to calculate their health insurance credit for the 2010 taxable year.
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White House Eyes Financial Services Lobbying
President Obama believes businesses should support strong financial reform, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said during a recent briefing.
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For People With Bad Teeth, Plan Coverage May Have Cavities
The new federal Affordable Care Act may not do much to help adult Americans pay for restorative dental care.
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Full Disclosure Whole Life Report
Each year Full Disclosure surveys leading companies active in the whole life insurance marketplace.
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Groups Ask Senate To Reject Merkley Amendment
Eight insurance industry groups are teaming up to oppose efforts by Sen. Jeffrey Merkley to weaken a proposed Office of National Insurance.
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Workplace Life Insurance Gives Women A Strong Safety Net
More than half of working women are very concerned about the financial security of their families in the event of their own premature death, according to MetLife Inc.'s eighth annual Employee Benefits Trends Study.
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Closing Gaps In Employees' Benefits Knowledge
A recent RTi Market Research study sponsored by Aflac Inc., "Health Care Reform and Enrollment," found that 62% of employees say they plan to pay more attention to enrollment options and choices this year, compared to last year.
Opinion
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CLASS Could Be A Boon
For many in the long term care insurance business, the passage of the Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act was another setback.
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A Strategy For Volatility
Oh, no, not another downturn. That was the buzz on late Thursday, May 6, after word spread of the stock market's sudden plunge, with the Dow down at one point by nearly 1,000 points.
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Creativity In Retirement Plans
Before getting into this week's topic, I would like to offer a brief preface. About 17 years ago, and following my retirement from NALU, I received a call from Steve Piontek, editor of NU.
