Insurance Insider News-Sept. 1 by Leila Morris »
IN CALIFORNIA
-Insurance Commissioner Poizner Reacts to Industry’s Rescission Lawsuit
-State Approves Individual Rate Hikes
-California Health Reform Update
-Kaiser Permanente Joins Forces with HealthCompare in California
ANNUITIES
-Indexed and Income Annuities Surge Ahead
-Variable Annuities Get More
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Editor's Column
Product Roulette »
by Kate Kinkade
The landscape of life products continues to change as carriers re-price or withdraw their guaranteed life insurance products and develop new alternatives. It is possible that the life insurance market will be in a unique position for a while with no one product leading – an environment of true choice. This market will demand the service of an actual insurance professional to help consumers understand and choose products that meet their needs.
Guaranteed life products have dominated the market for years, essentially commoditizing life insurance. These products can be compared easily on a spreadsheet so that the least expensive or the best underwriting offer wins the day. Over a year
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Surveys
PPO Survey–A Medical Masterpiece »
Welcome to Part I of our 2010 PPO survey. For this survey, eight PPOs in California diligently [Read More]
HSA Survey–Constricting Costs »
Constricting healthcare costs with HSAs. Read this survey to find out which HSAs will work best for [Read More]
Dental Survey–Be Better Informed Than the Tooth »
Welcome to California Broker’s 2010 Dental Survey. We’ve asked the top dental providers in [Read More]
Marketing Strategies
Critical Illness »
A leading crtical illness insurance marketer takes a look at the state of the industry. An Interview with Jesse R. Slome, CLU, [Read More]
Featured Blogs
Politics v. Implementationby Steve Schulte »
Socialism v. the Free Market "You're a socialist!" "Your hands-off free market has failed!" Sound familiar? The din of [Read More]
Something Odd from Nationwideby Peter Katz »
On July 28, 2010, I received the following email from Nationwide (text bolded as in original email): Dear Valued Business [Read More]
Life Settlements Bring Valueby Peter Katz »
Last month, July, 2010, a long awaited study on the life settlement industry was published by the U.S. Government Accountability [Read More]
LTC News-Chamber Speaks Outby Jesse Slome »
The inclusion of the CLASS Act within health reform was just the first phase of what will certainly ramp up to a major campaign to [Read More]