LIMRA's Market Facts articles

Recent articles from LIMRA's Market Facts

The 3 percent factor. (from the president).(failure of Mortgage.com)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
March 22, 2001... The February 2001 issue of CFO Magazine contains a cautionary article on Internet failures. One of the stories, for example, is about Mortgage.com. With more than $50 million in funding, the company had created a 200-person customer-support call center. It was moving forward on its plan to...

From the editor.
March 22, 2001... The past four months have been exciting times for us at LIMRA International. During this period, our editorial staff has been working diligently to ensure the smooth transition of LIMRA's Marketfacts to a quarterly publication. It's been a job that has involved many, many hours -- and we are...

LIMRA's CEO Outlook Index: Fourth Quarter, 2000. (ceo outlook).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... LIMRA's CEO Outlook Index rose for the second quarter in a row, reaching an all-time high of 722 in fourth quarter. This is out of a possible 1,000 points and represents an increase of 15 points since the third quarter. The index measures the relative optimism of U.S. and Canadian CEOs...

Bigger and (we think) better. (Cover Story).(Cover Story)
March 22, 2001... THOSE OF YOU who are regular readers of LIMRA's Marketfacts cannot help but notice that this edition is very different from its predecessors. If nothing else, it weighs more (which I hope will not be a deterrent for those of you who take it on business trips as airplane reading). But, of...

High potential, yet underserved: the dichotomy of the women's market in the United States. (Markets).(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... The statistics related to today's female market might surprise you. Although women account for slightly more than half (52 percent) of the U.S. population, they write 80 percent of all checks and are responsible for 85 percent of all consumer spending. In fact, for years women have been the...