Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
California Bill to Create State Pension Program
By Elizabeth D. FestaThe American Council of Life Insurers and others in the insurance industry are culminating a long battle against a California bill that is now eligible to be heard on the California Assembly floor, which is expected sometime next week. From there it would go to the governors office.
August 23, 2012
IncompleteIt's unfair to represent something as "fact" based on incomplete information.
August 23, 2012
Fixed Annuities & Rising Interest Rates: Can They Get Along?Carriers are reworking fixed indexed annuities to make them more appealing to buyers who want to take advantage of rising interest rates.
August 23, 2012
Insurance Trade Groups Sound Off AgainSeveral insurance trade groups are making clear to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that while the insurance industry supports the agencys moves to stop exploitation of seniors during the sale of financial products, the agency has no jurisdiction over insurers or agents.
August 23, 2012
When my business failedAn entrepreneur reflects on the sudden competitive disaster that unhinged a 400-man company.
August 23, 2012
A huge number of Americans have no safety netFor some Americans, the Great Recession that supposedly ended three years ago still lingers.
August 22, 2012
Goldman Sachs: U.S. Life Insurers Enjoy Improved Capital PositionsThe white paper shows that life insurers' risk-based capital ratios now average near 450%, up from 400% before the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
August 22, 2012
Disability Insurance Observer: Quiet MandatesMost of us have government-mandated disability insurance. Where's the outrage?