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#339 | The New Breed of Protection-Oriented IUL
Quick Take Historically, there was a clear distinction between protection-oriented and accumulation-oriented Universal Life products. The latter tended to have higher liquidity but also higher long-term policy charges, particularly COIs, whereas the former tended to have lower liquidity but also…
#334 | Whole Life Through the Lens of a UL Believer
For the past 3 weeks, I’ve been doing a weekly webinar for AIN* that Jeff Reed, AIN’s maestro of content, entitled “Whole Life Through the Lens of a UL Believer.” The title is a nod to the path of my…
#330 | IUL Cap Divergence
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#328 | Rising Rates and Section 7702
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#324 | The True Cost of Engineered Indices
Quick Take For all of their real, purported and back-tested benefits, engineered indices come at a cost in the form of fees that aren’t charged on standard indices such as the S&P 500. These fees generally take three forms –…
#322 | Crossover
Earlier this morning, I sent out an email to all past and present subscribers to The Life Product Review asking for candid feedback on the site and how it can improve. The responses so far have been incredibly helpful –…
#320 | Fait Accompli – Prudential and Equitable File Registered Index-Linked ULs
Note: This post uses the term “structured” to describe index-linked crediting strategies with some level of index-linked downside risk, but the specific terms for these types of strategies vary greatly within the industry. The standard industry nomenclature for annuities with…
#318 | The Next Wave of Whole Life
When the changes to 7702 came into effect in 2021, probably the only thing that was immediately obvious to everyone was that every single Whole Life product in the market would have to be repriced before the beginning of 2022.…
#317 | Lincoln drops LifeGuarantee UL
Around this time last year, I wrote in #271 | Cracks Emerge in the Guaranteed VUL Market that the Guaranteed UL market was ending, as T.S. Eliot famously said, “not with a bang but a whimper.” In 2018, Guaranteed UL…
#316 | Follow Up to The Rising Tide of Accumulation VUL
Last weeks article generated probably more questions and comments than I’ve ever gotten. So, in response, I figured it’d be a good idea to cover some of the main topics that folks send my way in a follow up post.…
