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ING Term Re-Price

Posted by Judd Pearson on March 09, 2010

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John Hancock has repriced their 20 Year Term product.

Posted by Judd Pearson on March 03, 2010

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John Hancock announces New UL-G and SUL-G Products

Posted by Judd Pearson on March 03, 2010

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American General Announces New UL with Guarantees

Posted by Judd Pearson on February 08, 2010

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Aviva Announces New State Approvals for GUSII Product

Posted by Judd Pearson on February 04, 2010

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TransWeekly Communication

Posted by Judd Pearson on December 28, 2009

Transamerica released their weekly Field Communications. One highlight to be aware of is their continuing efforts to enhance their underwriting. Please see attachment for more information. TransWeekly Communication

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AXA Term Product Changes

Posted by Judd Pearson on November 30, 2009

AXA will be adjusting term rates in mid-January and also increasing their minimum DB requirement from $500k to $1m. See attached.AXA Term Product Updates

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Life Insurance Income Needs Analysis

Posted by Joe Larkin on September 25, 2009

Take a look at our calculator that determines how much life insurance is needed to provide an income stream for a period of years. You can vary the input for earnings, taxes and inflation.Income Needs

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Company owned life insurance compliance requirements

Posted by Joe Larkin on September 25, 2009

Effective August 17, 2006 any life insurance contract owned by a business must comply with the notice and consent requirements and an annual filing with the IRS or risk owing income taxes on the death benefit. Please see the attached memo.EOLI

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IRS comes down hard on abusive 412(i) and 419 plans

Posted by Joe Larkin on September 25, 2009

Fully insured defined benefit plans and employer sponsored welfare benefit plans have been around for a long time and are perfectly legitimate and powerful planning tools in the right situation.

As is often the case, certain promoters take such tools and come up with ways of operating a plan that goes to far and the results are bad for the clients that trusted them. A word of caution, if a concept relies on an opinion letter &/or involves a way to make large life insurance commissions, be very careful.

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