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Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor's insurance editor, previously was LifeHealthPro's health insurance editor. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached at abell@alm.com or on Twitter at @Think_Allison.
February 15, 2019
H.R. 1143 would require issuers to offer consumers a detailed list of warnings.
February 15, 2019
Here are some treasures from a new BDO compensation report.
February 15, 2019
Actuaries found that efforts to help caregivers are already popular. Wandering support services might be a benefit to watch.
February 14, 2019
The plaintiff says the calculations should exclude reinstatement payment loads not described in the policy.
February 14, 2019
The research firm says Medigap users continue to be about twice as sticky.
February 14, 2019
A health insurer group has also argued in favor of new product disclosure standards.
February 13, 2019
AmeriLife Group LLC says it has acquired Dallas Financial Wholesalers. AmeriLife is a Clearwater, Florida-based life, health and annuity distributor…
February 13, 2019
FullscopeRMS will also help carriers offer life insurance, voluntary benefits and absence management programs.
February 13, 2019
The grant will help 15,000 dentist volunteer provide care for people without dental insurance.
February 13, 2019
The Alliance for Lifetime Income will be the sole sponsor.
February 13, 2019
Bringing in people who can do your old job can free you to grow.
February 13, 2019
The life insurer fears the effects of a 'hard Brexit' on its ability to pay claims.
February 13, 2019
Sometimes, the idea of being the best can get in the way of being the best.
February 12, 2019
The insurer says the results show why workers need to insure their paychecks.
February 12, 2019
One IUL policy rider could provide an LTC benefits pool linked to the performance of an investment index.
February 12, 2019
Some carriers see tougher competition. One is talking about getting agents back to the kitchen table.
February 12, 2019
Sheryl Moore recently shared some extra market snapshot data from Wink's data vaults.
February 11, 2019
Resscapital is managing 200 policies with $450 million in death benefits.
February 11, 2019
One change is the addition of a new indexed universal life policy.
February 11, 2019
One challenge for J&J: Patients with high-deductible plans might pay something close to the full list price…
February 11, 2019
Some days, it's great to be able to offer products that can provide guarantees.
February 11, 2019
Consumers under 45 seem to be going... somewhere else.
February 11, 2019
The average high compensation level for new sales has increased to $453.
February 11, 2019
One hot topic at the LIC conference in Florida was outreach strategies.
February 11, 2019
The buyer says it will keep the NEAT offices in Texas.
February 11, 2019
Murphy has roots in Merrill Lynch, Fidelity and Putnam Investments.
February 10, 2019
Some insureds are getting plenty of value for what they spent on the premiums.
February 08, 2019
A new deal could help a web broker offer its term life program to 3,500 financial institutions.
February 08, 2019
Here are numbers that show why issuers in the market still like to talk to agents.
February 08, 2019
When life and annuity prospects do notice you… is that a good thing?
February 07, 2019
AHIP also says it would like to see new efforts to get Americans to maintain continuous coverage.
February 07, 2019
Pension risk transfers are leaving the pension guarantor agency with fewer premium-paying customers.
February 07, 2019
The policy comes with a built-in no-lapse guarantee.
February 07, 2019
The center plans to use the money to help expand a program that has been serving about 500 children per month in the Portland, Oregon, area.
February 07, 2019
Some advisors want to 'swing for the fences.' Some oppose a 'dangerous litmus test.'
February 07, 2019
Here are 7 questions to ask to avoid life underwriting nightmares.
February 07, 2019
Hostility toward 'surprise bills' crosses party lines.
February 07, 2019
The list of early users includes Premera Blue Cross.
February 06, 2019
The workers who carry student loan debt owe payments of about $350 per month.
February 05, 2019
The company says the life unit will have to depend mainly on its own capital and revenue.
February 05, 2019
Hedgeness is preparing to release a version of its analytical tools that insurers, and advisors, can play with themselves.
February 05, 2019
One question is whether a policy purchased for 'strangers' is void from the start.
February 05, 2019
Altmaier has led a committee involved with a variable annuity captive reinsurance update.
February 05, 2019
The creators also included mortality rates for people under 18.
February 04, 2019
Want your prospects to act? Then maybe you should act.
February 04, 2019
Drug manufacturers could slink around a proposed rebate curb by increasing products' list prices.
February 04, 2019
One popular phrase during earnings calls has been 'expense discipline.'
February 04, 2019
Here's a look at what attracted the eyeballs.
February 03, 2019
Her boss is the daughter of a LifeSecure director.
February 01, 2019
The insurer is adopting both VUE's onboarding system and its compensation management system.
February 01, 2019
One major opponent has spoken in favor of eliminating private health insurance.
February 01, 2019
An LTC policy veteran explains why a recent IRS revenue procedure could be good for your clients.
February 01, 2019
Friends of the ACA thought they would have a home court advantage.
February 01, 2019
A Life Happens founder says life insurers need to give more to get more.
January 31, 2019
'Limited duration' policies will have to meet many ACA major medical standards, but not all.
January 31, 2019
DiVencenzo will take over a role previously held by Chip Anderson.
January 31, 2019
The insurer reported the problems to state insurance regulators itself.
January 31, 2019
The two deals affect a total of 41,000 pension plan participants.
January 31, 2019
The actual increases for the 1,835 active policyholders could average 247%.
January 30, 2019
The old deadline was Jan. 31. The new deadline is March 15.
January 30, 2019
A health care delivery arm of Anthem had patients switch to older insulin drugs.
January 30, 2019
City hospital funding has grown to about $2.1 billion.
January 30, 2019
Program managers are calling the benefits "Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill."
January 30, 2019
A reinsurance company executive addresses what he sees as lingering producer skepticism toward life- LTC hybrids.
January 30, 2019
Longevity matters. So does sequence-of-returns risk.
January 29, 2019
Concerns about credit quality pinched net income.
January 29, 2019
California's new, Democratic governor has proposed a statewide drug purchasing club.
January 29, 2019
The web-based life distributor has been focusing on selling coverage directly to consumers.
January 29, 2019
Managers expect to invest in Treasuries, corporate notes, structured notes, and mortgage-and asset-backed securities.
January 29, 2019
The press release came out via CVS Health, with no Aetna executives quoted.
January 28, 2019
The New Jersey Supreme Court will stream live video of oral arguments at 10 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.
January 28, 2019
Don Solow said participants could use separate figures for the policies offered and the policies actually sold into the secondary market.
January 28, 2019
Speakers at an industry conference today gave institutional investors new ballpark performance numbers.
January 27, 2019
An Allianz Life consumer insights specialist looks at why so many great commitments blow away.
January 27, 2019
China Oceanwide is selling two big projects in China, for about $1.9 billion, and temporarily stopping construction in Los Angeles.
January 27, 2019
Tidewater's 25 employees will stay in Raleigh, North Carolina.
January 25, 2019
A life settlement executive sizes up the market, in time for the 2019 Life Settlement Institutional Investor Conference.
January 25, 2019
The monthly contract charge will be $20 per month.
January 25, 2019
Officials say life insurers must verify algorithms themselves, and disclose reasons for denials.
January 25, 2019
Assets in HSA-linked investment accounts increased 15%.
January 25, 2019
America's First Financial wholesales life insurance and annuity products for use in the long-term care planning market.
January 25, 2019
Here's a look at a sampling of recent transactions from a life settlement professional's book of business.
January 24, 2019
Contest runners are looking for entries that demonstrate how campaigns have integrated multiple marketing platforms and channels.
January 24, 2019
Here are ways to help clients understand what this tool can do to get the retirement ball down the field.
January 24, 2019
Blue State attorneys general say the new AHP regulations violate both the ACA and ERISA.
January 24, 2019
Dai-ichi Life is making the $1.2 billion deal through its U.S.-based Protective Life unit.
January 24, 2019
The HHS secretary said he had trouble getting the discounted price of his own diagnostic test.
January 23, 2019
The main feature the company is offering is safety of principal.
January 23, 2019
The product is aimed at households with annual income from $50,000 to $250,000.
January 23, 2019
AHIP has also brought CareFirst back into the fold.
January 23, 2019
Twenty states and the District of Columbia have adopted reassignment treatment benefits standards.
January 23, 2019
Reinsurance company executives talk about strategies for making products more inclusive.
January 23, 2019
New survey results suggest that guaranteed access to coverage is much more popular than eliminating private health insurers.
January 23, 2019
The cases involve allegations about insulin pens and drug price disclosure problems.
January 22, 2019
The case involves questions about suitability.
January 22, 2019
An Aflac branding specialist makes the business case for doing the right thing.
January 22, 2019
The biggest question may be whether the 199A glossary will affect other IRS regs.
January 22, 2019
The new regulation should help insurance agents get a new 20% business income deduction.
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