Tag: life insurance sales

Life insurance industry in Australia feels the economic pinch

G. Turner
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Tougher times are beginning to show their mark on this sector as its value drops by over $1 billion. The Australian life insurance industry has been combating the struggles associated with the sluggish economic pace but has still managed to see its value drop by over $1 billion as the impact progresses. Its challenges only grows as it faces difficulties in the claims of larger policy holders. The largest life insurance companies in the Australian industry have reported that within the last year, the profit expectations were missed by a…

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Life insurance policies from Hong Kong selling well in China

Hong Kong health Insurance News

Mainland Chinese consumers are helping to boost the sale of the coverage through cross border shopping. Visitors from mainland China have been helping to increase the success of the life insurance industry in Hong Kong as they have been buying policies at a rate that is returning the sector nearly to the level that it had reached before the global economic crisis began. New premiums for the policies are helping to boost the appeal of the coverage, leading to considerable recovery. The newly created premiums for life insurance being sold…

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Forecasts for the 2012 life insurance marketplace

Nordstrom

Now that 2011 is coming to a close, life insurers are looking ahead to the new year to try to find out what they can expect from their near future. Though this process is a very cloudy one, as it is impossible to make precise forecasts about the way this market segment will perform, it is still important to try to get an image of what the future may hold. Among the more common predictions are the following: • A larger number of consumers will be starting to think about…

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Americans have a lack of trust for insurance agents, leading them to purchase less coverage

Marc

Insurance plays a vital part in protecting people against accidents, catastrophes, and illnesses to make sure that they and their families do not suffer tremendous financial hardships should any of those circumstances occur. However, many are hesitant to obtain policies because they feel that they cannot trust an agent or insurer. In the United States, the number of individual life policies that are purchased every year has fallen by 45 percent over the last quarter century, even though the number of households that include children has risen by more than…

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Combination life insurance product sales skyrocket to $1.2 billion

H. Cutner

The results of a LIMRA research study have shown that the sale of combination life insurance skyrocketed in 2010, with sales rising by 62% to reach $1.2 billion. According to research actuary Catherine Ho, from LIMRA, this 2010 increase in the overall sales of combination life insurance products was significant, especially when considering that there had already been growth in the double digits in 2009. In a LIMRA press release, Ho stated that “In addition to carriers boosting their marketing campaigns, consumers’ growing desire for an alternative to stand-alone long…

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