PRNewswire — The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced the promotion of Joseph A. Caruso to Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary effective January 1, 2006. Mr. Caruso was previously Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary at Guardian. He was appointed to Guardian’s Board of Directors in January 2005.In Mr. Caruso’s new role, […]
PRNewswire — The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), the fourth largest mutual life insurance company in the United States, was recently honored by the State of Israel Bonds Insurance Division.Guardian President and CEO Dennis J. Manning accepted the Neil D. Levin Memorial Award on behalf of the company during the annual luncheon for […]
PRNewswire-FirstCall — Continuing its commitment to provide financial advisors with resources to help their clients, John Hancock’s Advanced Markets group has launched a new comprehensive charitable planning virtual sales tool kit. The kit, available on CD-ROM, includes new sales, marketing and educational materials to demonstrate how clients can use life insurance to provide a lasting […]
PRNewswire — George T. Conklin Jr., former CEO of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) passed away on November 4, 2005 at the age of 90. Conklin, born in Merrick, NY, joined Guardian in 1939 and was appointed President and CEO in 1971. He served the company for nearly fifty-seven years. He became […]
Consumers have had a fabulous opportunity in recent years to refinance their home mortgage because of historically low interest rates. But the opportunity is fading as mortgage rates rise.Now the time is right to “refinance” your term life insurance. Term life rates, which have been falling sharply, are expected to drop another 3 percent in […]
Banks have lost ground in life insurance sales this year as overall demand for the product fell, according to Kenneth Kehrer Associates.The Princeton, N.J., consulting firm, which tracks bank sales of insurance and investment products, said life insurance premiums from new sales slid 12.2% in the first half of this year, to $555 million, compared […]
PRNewswire — An insurer funded study of the secondary market for life insurance used flawed data, contained serious actuarial errors, and ignored the economic benefits of life settlements, two prominent economists have concluded in a report released today, the Life Insurance Consumers Alliance (LICA) announced.The new report, which reviews the methods and conclusions of a […]
PRNewswire-FirstCall — As part of an ongoing effort to make buying life insurance simpler and easier, The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE: HIG) is streamlining its underwriting requirements, including the elimination of medical exams and tests for some applicants.The new underwriting initiatives are designed to make The Hartford’s underwriting processes more convenient, less intrusive and […]
PRNewswire — Following what has been described as one of the worst hurricane seasons in history, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) continues to provide unprecedented support and assistance to those individuals and businesses affected by the recent storms. As a mutual company, Guardian has a 146 year history of putting policyholders first. […]
Life insurance has been around for centuries and serves to protect against the risk of premature death. Let’s set straight some of the confusion surrounding this important purchase. Probably the most controversial words in the life insurance industry are “buy term coverage and invest the difference.” Certified Financial Planner
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