A group of insurance associations is concerned about the implications that new taxes included in President Obama‘s 2013 budget proposal, introduced Feb. 13, will have on the life insurance industry.

The Greater Philadelphia Chapters of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and the Society of Financial Service Professionals will hold their annual View from the Top state of the industry program Jan. 27.

The Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education has named five new officers and four new board members to its board of directors.

A trio of associations representing New York insurance agents has generated more than 7,300 messages from its members in opposition to a proposed broker compensation rule.

Five life insurance industry organizations have joined to combat what they say is a mischaracterization of corporate-owned life insurance by Michael Moore in his movie, “Capitalism: A Love Story.”

Thirteen insurance trade groups are urging Congress to exclude all lines of insurance from the Consumer Financial Protection Agency recently proposed by President Barack Obama and the U.S. Treasury Department.

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Life insurance may be the bright spot in an otherwise bad economy, according to several industry experts.

“This environment plays to our industry’s strengths,” said K. Rone Baldwin, executive vice president …  Read →