Insurance Pro Blog
Recent settlements have been reached between policyholders and a couple of mutual life insurance companies. Turns out an obscure bit of insurance regulation from 100 years ago might get you an extra $22 that you weren't expecting. We've been asked...
Posted: Jul 06, 2017
Recent comments from Fed Chairman, Janet Yellen, indicate that she thinks we'll never see another financial crisis like we saw in 2008. She's probably right but is that really a profound observation? Recent comments from Fed Chairman, Janet Yellen, i...
Posted: Jun 29, 2017
Well, the day of reckoning has come and gone. The new Department of Labor's new Fiduciary Rule is largely in effect across the financial services industry. Discussion over the rule and its implications have been debated over the last couple of years...
Posted: Jun 22, 2017
Are increasing COI charges really a problem with universal life insurance? Or could it be that competence in understanding policy design (from the outset) and management is actually more important? Today we're discussing an ongoing lawsuit between a...
Posted: Jun 08, 2017
Episode 70 marks only our second FAQ episode since we started the Insurance Pro Blog Podcast. But it proves that we do indeed love the questions that we get from our audience, so keep'em coming our way. We'll do our best to get to them in our upcomin...
Posted: Jun 01, 2017
Today's episode revolves around a discussion of the LEAP system and how it contributed to the revocation of an insurance agent's license. An agent in Ohio had his insurance license revoked after using the LEAP system to sell life insurance as an inve...
Posted: May 18, 2017
We often hear stories of sorrow regarding evil life insurance companies. Stories that depict how a person paid thousands of dollars in premium only to have the insurance company steal all their cash and cancel their coverage. But does it really happe...
Posted: May 11, 2017