Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Look Beyond Stock Mutual Funds' Lousy 2011 Numbers
By Mark JewellMore than four out of five managers of stock mutual funds failed to beat the market last year.
March 15, 2012
Pressed for Cash, Older Boomers Turn to Reverse MortgagesA new study from the MetLife Mature Market Institute shows that the average age of reverse mortgage users is plummeting, as Boomers increasingly turn to the device as a standard financial planning option.
March 15, 2012
Bankers Life: Retirees Still Skimping on ScreeningsFewer than half of Medicare enrollees say they are using the new Medicare annual wellness visit benefit.
March 15, 2012
LTCI Watch: Mardi GrasWhat can insurers learn from one of the world's most visible insurance marketing campaigns?
March 15, 2012
Delphi Shareholders Approve Tokio Marine BuyoutSome Delphi shareholders challenged the deal because it gave Delphi founder Robert Rosenkranz a higher price for his Class B shares than public investors holding Class A shares would receive. But a judge ruled that he would not halt the vote.
March 15, 2012
Delphi Shareholders Approve Tokio Marine BuyoutSome Delphi shareholders challenged the deal because it gave Delphi founder Robert Rosenkranz a higher price for his Class B shares than public investors holding Class A shares would receive. But a judge ruled that he would not halt the vote.
March 15, 2012
Which Life/Health Companies Rank Among World's Most Ethical?As the Ethisphere Institute releases its 2012 list of the world's most ethical companies, how does the life and health industry measure up? Pretty well, actually.
March 15, 2012
Chicago Fed's "Insurance Initiative" Scrutinizing Insurance Industry RiskThe Chicago Fed is teasing out a place for insurers under a broader supervisory regime, as insurance regulators remain largely silent on MetLife's failure of the Fed's stress test for bank holding companies.