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Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Industry Braces for FSOC Vote on SIFI Criteria
By Arthur D. PostalThe Financial Stability Oversight Council will vote Tuesday on the factors it will use in determining whether an insurer is systemically significant, climaxing a regulatory process that has been underway since the fall of 2010.
April 02, 2012
FACI's First Objective: Focus on the Silver TsunamiWith the inaugural meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI) now in the record books, it is clear that at least initially, the group's focus will reflect FIO Director Michael McRaiths perspective on broad, global themes.
April 02, 2012
FACI's First Objective: Focus on the Silver TsunamiWith the inaugural meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI) now in the record books, it is clear that at least initially, the group's focus will reflect FIO Director Michael McRaiths perspective on broad, global themes.
April 02, 2012
Euro Zone Employment, Manufacturing FallAs the euro zone slipped back into recession, employment numbers dropped along with manufacturing, and the ranks of the jobless rose to about 17.13 million.
April 02, 2012
Life on the iPadLife insurance? Theres an app for that. Or a thousand. Here are a few that caught my eye after I recently began loading up a new iPad with a wide variety of apps.
April 01, 2012
Lawsky Hopes to Make Retained Asset Accounts a National IssueNew York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky said he hopes that his departments focus on retained asset accounts (RAAs) will become a national standard, even though he said it will take some time for the industry to assimilate what New York has recently required.
April 01, 2012
Bucking the Female StereotypeThe perception that women take a generally take a less proactive role than men do in managing personal finances and planning needs, a view widely held among financial professionals, is not universally shared.