Editor's Blog 

It’s looking more and more like an attempt to extend the fiduciary standard to all financial services professionals will not be a part of any financial services regulatory reform legislation any time soon....

Do you know what’s going on in Washington? I’m not talking about health care reform. I’m talking about a slew of potential legislative changes that could have a far-reaching impact on the financial services industry. ...

Whatever your political views, you’ve got to give it to the Obama Administration for being media-savvy as the health care reform battle rages on....

Karl Rove and Howard Dean held a “spirited” debate at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday night, about an hour’s drive from my office. ...

The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), which represents nearly 300 life insurance companies, stirred up a hornet’s nest recently with its Feb. 3 policy statement asking legislators to ban the practice of securitizing blocks of life settlements. ...

Here’s something pretty cool: Life Insurance Selling – or more specifically www.lifeinsuranceselling.com – is the No. 1-ranked result on Google when anyone searches using the term selling insurance. ...

Life Insurance isn’t a funny subject. The topic is about as far away from funny as you can get. But that hasn’t stopped the people at LIFE Foundation from trying to inject a little humor into an otherwise dead-serious issue. ...

For the first time since 1915, the United States has no estate tax. And a lot of planners and their clients are left to deal with the uncertainty this situation has created....

Time for some more scary retirement readiness statistics – or at least scary for most Americans who are no doubt nowhere near on track to be able to afford to retire before age 75. ...

This week I want to make you aware of some of the highlights from the January issue of Life Insurance Selling. ...