Health care reform legislation that the insurance industry could support took a giant step forward last week when the Senate Finance Committee rejected two amendments that would create a so-called “public option” to compete with private insurers....

Providers of retirement products will be exempt from oversight by the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) under a revision to the bill offered by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. ...

Senior executives, regulators and industry analysts will offer “Insights and ideas for leading in this complex environment” at the Twentieth Annual Executive Conference for the Life Insurance Industry. ...

At a recent Congressional hearing, a representative of the life settlement industry derided as ludicrous claims that securitization of life settlements would constitute a potential systemic threat to economic stability....

Variable life insurance sales with single premiums included at 10% for the 35 companies reporting in the VALUE survey for the second quarter of 2009 were $307.3 million....

Communicating with clients and reaching new prospects is critical for maintaining and growing your business. ...

At this point more people (at least in the U.S.) probably know Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck more for his remark that "laws are like sausages....

Discussion is stirring in Congress over whether an Obama administration proposal to have brokers who provide investment advice held to a fiduciary standard, not just the current suitability standard....

Adding "gee-whiz" features to products doesn't always make things work better, whether it’s in insurance or anything else....

Following President Obama’s recent address to the joint session of Congress, I listened to several analyses on three different TV channels. ...