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Life Insurance

• Consumers Eager For Life Insurance Coverage

  May 21, 2012

  New survey puts the onus on life insurers to work more proactively with the agency force to provide the tools, marketing and advertising support to better educate consumers about life insurance.

• Revenue from Investment Services Jumps at Banks, Credit Unions

  April 30, 2012

  Revenue from the sale of investment and life insurance services at banks and credit unions increased 10% in 2011, led by a significant boost in advisory services.

• Is Life Insurance Too Expensive For Your Clients?

  April 26, 2012

  Americans are shying away from life insurance because they overestimate its costs, according to this year’s Insurance Barometer Study.

• One-in-Five Shop at Work for Life Insurance

  April 12, 2012

  A recent study of Americans’ buying habits found that nearly 20 percent of Americans shopping for life insurance went through their place of work, according to a research report released by LIMRA.

• Edward Jones Suspends Sales of Hartford Products

  March 28, 2012

  In the wake of The Hartford’s recent decision to place its individual annuity business “into a runoff,” Edward Jones this week has stopped offering the firm’s annuities and has suspended sales of new life insurance policies and retirement plans pending the eventual resolution of the uncertainty surrounding these businesses.

• Mixed Reactions to Hartford’s Strategic Announcement

  March 23, 2012

  Paulson, rating agencies respond to The Hartford’s decision to place individual annuity business into run off and pursue divestiture options for individual life, Woodbury Financial and retirement plans.

• The Hartford To Sell Life Business; Exit Annuity Business

  March 21, 2012

  Placing its individual annuity business into runoff, The Hartford is pursuing the sale or "other strategic alternatives" of its individual life, Woodbury Financial Services and retirement plans businesses.

• Workplace Benefits Important for Employer, Employee

  March 21, 2012

  Progressive companies say benefits help retain employees, increase employee productivity, and help attract talent, according to survey results.

• Mass Affluent An Untapped Market for Banks and Credit Unions

  March 6, 2012

  Banks looking to boost their profits are missing the boat on a big opportunity: marketing investment and insurance products to mass-affluent households.

• Life Insurers Gearing Up Mobile Efforts

  February 16, 2012

  The number of life producers using mobile devices doubled from 2008 to 2010, making mobile tech an imperative if the carrier seeks a competitive advantage.

• New York Life to Add 3,700 Sales Force Positions

  February 14, 2012

  Continuing its recent hiring spree, New York Life Insurance Company says it plans on adding 3,700 agents in 2012 after hiring 3,700 agents last year.

• IPT Distributes Planning Guide For Military Families

  February 10, 2012

  The guide highlights highly advantageous saving and investment programs available exclusively to military personnel of any rank.

• U.S. Households Investigating But Not Buying Life Insurance

  January 25, 2012

  LIMRA research also indicates companies could grow their life business by being more aggressive with certain untapped markets.

• NY Life Reorganizes to Focus on Life Insurance, Investments

  January 20, 2012

  New York Life Insurance Company has reorganized into two business units: the Insurance Group and the Investments Group.

• Breaking Down the Unattainable Life Insurance Consumer

  January 17, 2012

  In a new report, Aite Group offers a look at who is and isn’t buying life insurance, and for what reasons.

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