Consumer Reports

  • 2015 0406 - Consumer Reports - Is whole life insurance right for you? Follow our advice to assess this most misunderstood coverage - [link]
  • [1967 - Consumer Reports: Three-Part Series on How to Buy Life Insurance]
    • x - 1967 01 - Consumer Reports - Part 1of 3 - Calculating Your Family's Insurance Needs and Exploring What Adequate Coverage May Cost - p.14-25 - 12p
    • x - 1967 02 - Consumer Reports -Part 2 of 3 - Should You Policy Also Be a Savings Account? - p.100-107 - 8p
    • x - 1967 03 - Consumer Reports - Part 3 of 3 - How to Buy Life Insurance - p.156-164 - p
    • CU later published a number of letters from readers about the series, together with CU's responses.
      • <WishList> - 1967 04 - Consumer Reports - p182
      • x - 1967 06 - Consumer Reports - Life Insurance - Mail on our Three-Part Series - p312-16 - 5p
    • x - 1967 09 -  Joseph M. Belth, "A Note on the Consumers Union Life Insurance Series," Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, - p. 485-490-6p

  • x - 1974 01 -  

  • [1980 - Consumer Reports: Two-Part Series on Life Insurance]
    • x - 1980 02 - Consumer Reports - Part 1 of 2 of a Special Report: Life Insurance - p79-106 - 28p
      • Ratings: 195 Term-Insurance Policies
      • Worksheet: How Much Insurnce You Need
      • Pros & Cons: Trm vs. Whole Life
    • <WishList> - 1980 03 - Consumer Reports - Part 2 of 2 of a Special Report: Life Insurance
  • 1980 08
  • 1982 03 - Pension Plans - 
  • [1986 - Consumer Reports: Three-Part Series on Life Insurance]
    • x - 1986 06 - Consumer Reports - Part 1 of 3 - Life Insurance - p371-402 - 32p
    • x - 1986 07 - Consumer Reports -Part 2 of 3 - Life Insurance - p447-470
      • 447- - Whole Life Insurance: Whole-Life Policies are Better Than T - hey Used to be. But Very Few People Should Buy Them.
      • 452- - What the Agents Will Tell You: A Scouting Report
      • 458- - 455 - The A.L. Williams Organization: Another Scouting Report
      • 470- - Ratings of Whole-Life Policies
      • Where to Find the Companies: A Guide to Who Sells Where
    • 1986 08 - Consumer Reports - Part 3 of 3 - Life Insurance: Universal Life Insurance - p515-
      • 515 -Universal Life Insurance: This Type of Policy Gives You Flexibility. Is That a Good Thing?
      • 520 - Ratings of Universal Life
      • 527 - Should You Switch Policies? It's a Tough Decision, here are some guidelines.
      • 529 - Summing Up: Seven Steps to finding the Right Policy
  • 1988 01 - Consumer Reports-Annuities: A Guide to the Best and Worst Nest Eggs - p35-45
  • 1989 05 - BAD APPLES COVER

  • 1991 06 - Consumer Reports - Gotcha! The Traps in Long Term Care Insurance - p. 427
    • After, listening to fourteen sales presentations for long term care insurance, a reporter for Consumer Reports concluded that every sales agent misrepresented some aspect of the policy, the financial condition of the insurer, or the quality of the competitor's product. She also felt that not one sales' agent properly explained benefits, restrictions, and policy limitations.
    • 1991 0531 - GOV - HHS - ASPE - Report - The Federal Role in Consumer Protection and Regulation of Long-Term Care Insurance -  90p
  • 1993 - Consumer Reports - Index - https://ia802306.us.archive.org/21/items/sim_consumer-reports_1993_58_index/sim_consumer-reports_1993_58_index.pdf
    • life (elderly) - 700 Nov 93
    • 1327-——life (interest-sensitive whole life) ...525 Aug 93
    • 9322———life (term) 431 Jul 93
    • 1327———life (universal) 525 Aug 93
    • 1332———life (whole) 595 Sep 93
      • investing:
        • for retirement 289 May 93
        • windfalls 361 Jun 93
  • [1993 - Consumer Reports: Three-Part Series on Life Insurance]
    • 1993 05 - Consumer Reports - ? - Life Insurance - Investing - For Retirement
    • x - 1993 06 -  Consumer Reports - ? - Life Insurance - Investing - Windfalls
    • x - 1993 07 - Consumer Reports - Term Life Insurance 
    • 1993 08 - Consumer Reports - Universal Life, Interest Sensitive Whole Life
    • 1993 09 - Consumer Reports - Whole Life
    • 1993 11 - Consumer Reports - Elderly
  • x - 1994 - Consumer Reports - Consumer Reports Life Insurance Handbook: How to Buy the Right Policy from the Right Company at the Right Price Paperback, by by Jersey Gilbert and Ellen Schultz
  • x - 1998 07 - Consumer Reports - Life Insurance: Report: The Mysteries of Life - What to Buy Now - p34-43