Description: This article discusses three litigation issues: 1. Shelter Framing Corp. v. PBGC: This is a case recently placed on the Appellate Docket of the U.S. Supreme Court being appealed from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. That Circuit Court held that the Multiemployer Pension Plan amendments Act, which imposes liability on employers who withdrew from multiemployer plans, is unconstitutional as applied to employers who withdraw before the Act’s enactment but after its retroactively effective date. 2. Federal Trade Commission: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has held that an investigation by the FTC into whether finance companies and auto dealerships were engaging in unfair and deceptive practices by representing that purchase of credit life insurance was required as a condition to obtain financing, was not outside the FTC’s power. 3. Baldwin-United Case: Under the rehabilitation plan for Baldwin-United, the Company would refund $3.7 billion to the annuity holders. Several groups are challenging this decision.

Description: Ways of closing the mortality protection gap, by leveraging some of the new technology, data and analytics to reduce the friction in the buying process.

Description: This literature guide focuses on the distribution costs, especially the field compensation costs, that are incurred through the traditional general agency, branch office or brokerage structures for individual life, annuity and disability products.

Description: In the face of declining response rates from direct mail campaigns, the author suggests use of the internet to generate leads will be much more efficient and successful.

Description: This session is about the impact of the 1992 Single Europe Act on life insurance in the European market. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 1

Description: Article from The Actuary, February 1986 – Volume No. 20, Issue No. 2 talks about as deregulation has lurched forward, banks and thrifts as well as insurance agencies and marketing organizations have been examining the viability of joint ventures involving the sale of insurance through depository institutions.

Description: This discussion on agency compensation looks at the effect of the New York regulations, if compensation has kept pace with inflation, the effect of more term sales on compensation, and the effect of raising minimum amounts sold on very small policies.

Description: Trends in the Marketing and Distribution of Life Insurance products.

Description: Description and welcome to the 2020 Canadian Reinsurance Conference including highlight of the key note speaker

Description: CEO of National Liberty Corp. discusses relationship marketing, his company's new approach to direct-response insurance marketing. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.