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Financial Advisor
June 2005
Raymond Fazzi |
VUL Sales Rebound After Prolonged Slowdown Companies hope that new features of variable universal life insurance will overcome buyers' concerns.   |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Look Closer Optimistic projections and underwhelming returns have shown that variable universal life insurance must be recommended--and monitored--with caution. |
Financial Advisor
June 2009
Raymond Fazzi |
VUL Slides With Market Variable universal life continues to be the black sheep of the life insurance product family. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Bruce W. Fraser |
VUL: Pros And Cons When your clients are facing one of the more turbulent markets in recent memory, should you be recommending variable universal life insurance to your clients? |
Financial Advisor
June 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
VUL Sales Remain Weak Since crashing along with the market six years ago, the variable universal life market has been in a tailspin. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Reps Turn To Equity Index Universal Life Insurance Reps are turning to index universal life insurance to bridge the risk gap between low-rate permanent life insurance and riskier variable universal life. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004 |
Whole Life vs. Term Life Whole and term are the two main forms of life insurance you should understand. Buy the kind of insurance that makes the most sense for you. |
Registered Rep.
October 17, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Tune Up: Sometimes It Makes Sense to Exchange a Client's Life Insurance Policy Today's life insurance policy may provide more benefits at a lower cost than coverage purchased more than a decade ago. |
Inc.
October 2007
Elaine Appleton Grant |
Passing It On Using life insurance as an estate planning tool. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Waddell & Roberts |
Primed for Growth Variable universal life insurance is getting a second look from financial advisors for its retirement planning benefits. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Keep Life Insurance Simple Why make a useful tool more complicated than it needs to be? Life insurance is a helpful tool to have. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
The Case for Insurance-Based Investments Insurance-based investments have a lot of untapped potential. Tax laws favor them, and if you need life insurance anyway, attaching investments to a policy can have some real benefits. Read on for more information. |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
Carol Marie Cropper |
Premiums You Can Retrieve An old insurance product is back that refunds every penny paid in premiums if you outlive the 15-, 20-, or 30-year term of the policy. |
Financial Advisor
March 2004
Tracey Longo |
Making The Grade With Variable Annuity Exchanges With the creation of one-shot wrinkle reducers like Botox, battery-operated automobiles and cloned humans, can a world where there is no need to replace variable annuities be far off? |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Mary Rowland |
Getting The Most From No-Lapse Coverage No-lapse universal life keeps growing, but few understand these policies. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Bob Veres |
New Life for Life Insurance For the first time, fee advisors have access to products designed specifically for them, complete with transparency and minimal costs. Their response could change the industry. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
The Worst of Both Worlds Low returns and inflexible investments have made whole life insurance obsolete. Before you buy whole life, take a look at your other options, odds are, you'll find one that's better for you. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004 |
Term vs. Cash Value Insurance Don't spend more than you need to on insurance. Deciding if you need term life or cash value insurance. |
Financial Advisor
October 2005
Gregory Bresiger |
Expect The Unexpected In Retirement Planning History can be dangerous for retirement planners offering portfolio longevity advice. Even when they're right about the long term, they can be very wrong in the short term, with disastrous consequences for the health, or even the survival, of a retirement portfolio. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Carol Marie Cropper |
A Combo Policy For Long-Term Care Life insurance with an accelerated benefits rider can be used to cover the cost of nursing homes if the policyholder needs it for long term care. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2009 |
Term Life vs. Cash Value Insurance Policies Make sure you're getting the right insurance protection for your family. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2011
Jay J. Freireich |
Earning Trust Financial planners can protect clients asked to manage a trust by advising them to review the responsibilities with their own lawyers to ensure that they understand the risks. |
Financial Advisor
October 2007
William Glasgall |
The New Retirement Wave Planners will need to seek innovative ways to help keep the baby boomers from exhausting their nest eggs. |
Registered Rep.
May 20, 2014
Alan Lavine |
Should You Buy a Critical Care Rider? More than 10 insurers, including American General, Prudential and Nationwide Guardian, have added chronic illness riders to their life insurance policies, according to published reports. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
You Bet Your Life Financial planning clients that no longer want to pay premiums for life insurance traditionally stopping premium payments or surrendered the policy to receive any cash value. Recently, yet another path to liquidity has opened: life settlements. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Bob Clark |
Turning the Tables Larry Fondren's latest mission is to provide alternatives to the current life settlement approach for consumers who want or need to liquidate their assets in life insurance policies. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2009
Donald Jay Korn |
Prudent Policy Agents should help their clients reevaluate their insurance policies at the end of every year. |
Financial Advisor
May 2010
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Getting Risk Right More retirement planning programs now consider "fat tails." |
Registered Rep.
October 21, 2014
Alan Lavine |
Should You Use Term Insurance for Younger Clients? Financial advisors often favor term insurance for young couples. The cost savings over permanent life can be used to fund other financial planning needs. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Namita Devidayal |
A Fitting Problem Having found the securities industry severely wanting in its policing of research conflicts, market-timing and fee disclosures, the regulators are looking to see if similar abuses exist in the insurance industry. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Dorothy Hinchcliff |
To Buy Or Not To Buy? That's still a big question for clients when it comes to long-term care insurance. |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Bruce W. Fraser |
Last Hand For Monte Carlo? Monte Carlo simulation, a popular retirement planning tool, is under scrutiny. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2009 |
Why You Need a Renewable Term Life Policy How to attain ongoing life insurance coverage regardless of your health. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Can You Afford This Bailout? Companies including MetLife, Manulife Financial's John Hancock division, and Genworth Financial have increased long-term care premiums -- increases that many policyholders never expected to see. |
Financial Advisor
May 2009
Mary Rowland |
Insurance As An Investment A consultant makes the case for life insurance being treated as an asset class. |
Registered Rep.
July 18, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Considering Life Insurance for Single Clients More than half -- 54 percent of single men and 58 percent of single women -- lack life insurance coverage. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2012
Donald Jay Korn |
Settling Down A financial planner may find it difficult today to help a client sell a life insurance policy at an appealing price. Nevertheless, some policies are being sold, so planners might want to consider exploring the possibility with clients who are likely candidates. |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Allen Hamm |
Read Carefully Big improvements have come to long-term care insurance, but financial advisors need to be aware that some policies still contain unacceptable restrictions for accessing benefits. |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2012
Mark Miller |
Playing Health Insurance Roulette Most seniors will need long-term care at some point. Here's how to plan for that. |
Financial Advisor
December 2008
Mary Rowland |
Lasting Legacy? A new loan program could drastically change the life settlement market. |
BusinessWeek
April 23, 2007
Anne Tergesen |
The High Price Of Free Insurance Deals that fund, then buy out, big life policies may shortchange seniors. |
Registered Rep.
January 18, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Insurers Raising Premiums, Changing Terms on Long-term Care Policies If you're selling long-term care insurance to clients, it's best to stay away from carriers with a history of raising premiums or discontinuing other types of insurance coverage. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
A Closer Look at Insurance Stocks Insurance companies provide an invaluable service by allowing individuals to pool and share risk. The challenge for investors is locating companies with proven abilities to profitably navigate an uncertain future. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This New Product Could Save Wall Street Financial institutions move to securitize life insurance. In this case, what's good for securities underwriters may be bad for life insurance companies. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2002
Ross Tucker |
NASD Wants to OK Use of Predictive Tools by Brokers NASD member firms want to revise the association's Rule 2210 to make sure that they, too, can use these tools, including Monte Carlo simulations, to help clients make investment decisions. |
AskMen.com
May 14, 2001
Luis Rodrigues |
Do You Need Life Insurance? Some people believe that having life insurance -- planning for their death -- will bring misfortune to their lives, and would rather not have any at all. Unfortunately, too many people don't realize the importance of life insurance until it's too late... |
Registered Rep.
November 20, 2012
Alan Lavine |
Lock into Long-Term Care with Hybrid Policies Combining life insurance and annuities with long-term care policies can protect against premium hikes or the risk of never making a claim. Here's how to make sure they are right for your clients. |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
What Are The Odds? A look at whether Monte Carlo simulations help or hinder the planning process. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2004 |
Term vs. Cash-Value Insurance There's no reason to pay a premium price for your insurance. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Make This Life-Changing Mistake Too many people have given up life insurance coverage. |
