Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Black Friday blues
By Daniel WilliamsBlack Friday is, historically, one of the biggest shopping days of the year, if not the biggest. Forecasters paint a bleaker picture this time out.
November 19, 2012
John Hancock Companies settle with 6 statesThe firm agreed with six state insurance regulators to improve the steps that they take to ensure the timely pay out on death benefit claims.
November 19, 2012
Strategic Insight: stock and bond funds appreciate by $1 trillion in 2012Research reveals that investors enjoyed total average returns of more than 12 percent from January through October.
November 19, 2012
R.I. men plead guilty to cheating the terminally illAuthorities say they lied to terminally ill people to get personal information that was used to purchase bonds and annuities in their names without consent.
November 19, 2012
LIMRA: Low interest rates slam annuity sales in Q3But indexed annuities, DIAs are bright spots.
November 19, 2012
14 things I learned at NAILBA 31Three days at NAILBA 31 yielded numerous points to reflect on. To my daughter's dismay, I did not get the chance to select among the equally numerous range of branded toys.
November 19, 2012
Fed wins AIG suitThe lawsuit alleged the New York Fed forced AIG to pay excessive amounts to satisfy its obligations under the CDS contracts.
November 19, 2012
Wall Street bounces on budget talk optimism, housing dataOptimism, or just a natural occurrence after a long decline?