What should current and soon-to-be retirees know about life insurance?
Many people think that life insurance is a great way to insulate yourself and your loved ones from risk when you have significant long-term financial obligations – and they’re right.
Low interest rates affecting insurance sector
Over the past decade-plus the Federal Reserve Board has continually held interest rates lower than all-time averages.
Survey: Many unprepared for life insurance benefits
One of the biggest problems in the life insurance industry – for both underwriters and consumers – is that in many cases, people do not know much, or anything, about benefits to which they are entitled after a policyholder passes away.
Small-business owners need life insurance more than they think [Video] [Video]
Small-business owners may know they need life insurance to protect their families, but what about their companies? Businesses can run…
Do consumers know what impacts life insurance rates?
One salient truth about the life insurance sector that is often proven both anecdotally and through actual surveys is that consumers don’t often understand the ins and outs of coverage.
Do insurers do enough to make sure people have life coverage?
One of the biggest issues in the life insurance sector – cited time and again by insiders – is that there simply aren’t enough people who have the kind of life insurance coverage they need.
Women have significant need for life insurance
Most polls on the subject show that the average person knows they need more life insurance than they have, but any number of factors constrain them from obtaining it.
More states making progress on insurance regulations for naloxone prescriptions
In recent years, the national opioid crisis has grabbed a lot of headlines – and rightly so.
Majority of workers interested in employer-provided group life insurance
It’s widely acknowledged that Americans don’t know enough about their life insurance needs and therefore don’t take action when it comes to shopping for and obtaining coverage.
Individual life sales flattened in Q2
Across the U.S., the life insurance industry has been through some ups and downs in the last several years.