Journalists Media Media – Index Press Press Releases 1989 0501 – National Press Club / CSPAN – Where Was the Press During the S&L Crisis? – [link] Foundation for Financial Journalism – ffj-online.org/ Jack Anderson  Webb report, wisconsin, hart Roddy Boyd Scott Burns Scott Burns – Doug Andrew Diana B. Henriques – NYT – New…

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Old – Media Probe, Halsey Josephson The Insurance Salesman Magazine The Insurance Salesman Magazine

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Old – Journals Journals – 1800s – Same List as Journals 1900-1959 Field Notes Life Insurance Independent and American Journal Our Society Referendum American Underwriter Magazine and Insurance Review The Chronicle The Insurance Field The National Underwriter p149-157 – Life Insurance for the Poor, by Elizur Wright  p157-164 – A New Plan of Life Insurance…

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Bloomberg Businessweek Bloomberg News Mark Pittman AIG – 2008 Financial Crisis   <WishList> – 1981 0914 – See The Changing Life Insurers, BUS. WK., Sept. 14, 1981, at 66-69 (discussing effects of increased rates of inflation of past three years on insurance industry) 1982 – LR – Redefining Insurance: Distinguishing Between Life Insurance and Investment…

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PBS – Public Broadcasting Service Tom Hegna Ed Slott MassMutual Van Mueller – Ed Slott Vetted – Insurance Guys – YouTube 2014-? – PBS – Tom Hegna’s Public Television Special: Don’t Worry, Retire Happy! 2009 – PBS – 2014 – https://static.fmgsuite.com/media/documents/731828d7-0eb7-4291-a73e-fb3cdda1497d.pdf p2 – Retirement Income from Whole Life Insurance [Bonk: 2009 – MassMutual Analysis: Whole Life Insurance…

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Leslie Scism wsj.com/news/author/leslie-scism Philadelphia Daily News Dow Jones  AIG IUL – Indexed Universal Life PRT – Pension Risk Transfers Universal Life Vanishing Premium 1995 0103 – WSJ – Fine Print Victims: Some Agents ‘Churn’ Life Insurance Policies, Hurt Their Customers, Prudential, by Leslie Scism – <WishList> 1997 0807 – WSJ – Internal Reports Depict Forgery,…

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White Coat Investor 2013 0204 – White Coat Investor – Book Review of Missed Fortune 101 By Live Abundant Owner Doug Andrew – [link] 2014 0519 – White Coat Investor – Is a Zero Percent Tax Bracket in Retirement a Good Idea? – [link] The cost of insurance in the table varies from $0.06 to $83.34 per…

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Youtube The And Asset The And Asset – Answering The Most Complex Life Insurance Questions – Tommy Smoot, Guardian 16 – Dom – Why don’t people get the Cash and the Death Benefit? 19 – Smoot – problems come when agents and consumers don’t understand moving parts. VUL in 2000s. Illustrated Rates were too Rosy….…

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Consumers Union Mary Griffin NAIC Illustrations – 1990s 1974 – LC – Consumers Union of United States, Inc. v. Albright Court: United States District Court, S.D. New York No. 74 Civ. 234, 427 F. Supp. 840 (S.D.N.Y. 1977) You may opt for a “planned” or “target” premium–a predetermined amount to be paid on a regular…

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Media – Snippets A popular insurance product of the 1980s and 1990s <Universal Life> has come back to bite many older Americans. 2018 0919 – WSJ – Universal Life Insurance, a 1980s Sensation, Has Backfired: A long decline in  interest rates caused premiums to soar when they were supposed to stay level, by Leslie Scism – [link]

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