LIFE insurance can and should be enjoyed while alive, according to AXA Philippines chairman Rien Hermans.

In its commitment to redefine life insurance, AXA Philippines is driven to create awareness among Filipinos by making them realize the living benefits of insurance. Indeed there is more to life insurance than death and dying.

Bob Stein runs a knockout business as a co-owner of two LA Boxing gyms in Marlboro and Shrewsbury, N.J.

But on a personal level, he knows the company could be faced with a one-two punch if anything happened to him or to his partners, William Connelly and his wife, Suzanna Stein. The problem: They don’t have any life insurance earmarked to support the business should one of them die prematurely.

Life insurance is relatively cheap for most people but can make a huge impact on the lives of loved ones we leave behind. And, unlike almost all other types of insurance, premiums on life cover are falling as life expectancy increases at a rapid rate.

Life insurance can be an important asset to have, no matter where you are in life.

If you have a family of your own, life insurance can help your family survive financially if they didn’t have your income to support them any longer

Not everyone needs life insurance, despite what some salespeople may tell you. But too many people who do need those policies, namely parents of minor children, often go without.

A life insurance company plans to kick off a nationwide hiring campaign with a job fair in Hanover next week.

The number of individuals owning life insurance has hit a 50-year low, according to a new study.

Only 44% percent of U.S. households have individual life insurance, according to the Trends in Life Insurance Ownership study, which is conducted every six years by LIMRA, Windsor, Conn.

U.S. life insurance sales rose 7 percent in the three months ended June 30, the second straight quarter of growth, as clients returned to buying policies after a slump last year.

Peter Katt, a fee-only life insurance consultant based in Mattawan, Mich., has bought $6 million worth of life insurance, as much as insurers will allow him to get based on his income and net worth.

The life insurance industry’s use of so-called retained asset accounts is getting an airing in Seattle, where state insurance commissioners have gathered.