life insurance protection

10 life insurance tax facts you need to know

By Tax Facts Online | March 25, 2013

Your (and your clients') top 10 tax questions, answered.

Keeping universal life products attractive

By Bill Aguayo | February 28, 2013

Low interest rates are forcing insurance companies to get creative when it comes to UL product design.

8 estate planning lessons from "Downton Abbey"

By Corey Dahl | January 17, 2013

What TV's grandest estate can teach you (and your clients) about wealth transfer, insurance and other financial matters.

Life insurance is important for single people, too

By Michael K. Stanley | October 2, 2012

According to the Insurance Information Institute, the lack of life insurance protection among single adults in the U.S. is a pressing concern.

Closing the middle-market insurance gap

By Mark Hug | October 1, 2012

To take advantage of the huge sales opportunity represented by an underinsured middle market, producers need to break down a few common misperceptions.

Life insurance across age groups

By Michael K. Stanley | September 21, 2012

Americans who are between 18 and 34 years old who have some degree of life insurance protection are most likely to have been prompted to purchase it because of the birth of a child as opposed to Americans age 55 and up.

Closing the Middle-Market Life Insurance Gap

By Mark A. Hug | September 17, 2012

To take advantage of the huge sales opportunity represented by an underinsured middle market, producers need to break down a few common misperceptions.

Life Settlements — Are They Back?

By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq. | September 5, 2012

The recession hit life settlements hard, but as retirees look to rebuild their portfolios, life settlements might be in store for a boom.

Banks starting to invest in life sales

By Brian Anderson | September 1, 2012

When I first started working on Part III of my six-part series on threats to the independent life insurance distribution channel, I didn’t anticipate that the “alternative distribution channels” installment would focus so heavily on the bank channel.