Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
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By Bill CoffinAs America tries to forget its collective Jan. 1 hangover, a list of the country's most drunken cities raises an interesting question: What could the life and health industry be doing with this information?
January 02, 2012
FBL Financial Group Closes EquiTrust Life Insurance Company SaleFBL Financial Group has closed the previously announced sale of its subsidiary, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, to a controlled affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, LLC in an all-cash transaction with initial sale proceeds of $471.4 million.
January 02, 2012
FBL Financial Group Closes EquiTrust Life Insurance Company SaleFBL Financial Group has closed the previously announced sale of its subsidiary, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, to a controlled affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, LLC in an all-cash transaction with initial sale proceeds of $471.4 million.
January 02, 2012
Lawsky Touts Regulatory AccomplishmentsSuperintendent Lawsky and the New York DFS did some heavy - and public - lifting this year? And what is on the plate for 2012 from this standard-bearer of a regulator?
January 02, 2012
What’s New in AnnuitiesFrom hot products and sales channels to innovations on the product development front, here are some of the key trends the experts see fueling momentum in the annuity market in 2012.
January 02, 2012
Where Have All the VA Providers Gone?Despite the exit of a few high-profile companies from the variable annuity business, the product line will survive, say industry insiders.
January 01, 2012
The Hidden Benefits of Life InsuranceUninsured and under-insured Americans might purchase more coverage if they knew more about life insurance, especially some of its commonly overlooked features.
January 01, 2012
Insuring an Aging PopulationCarriers that carefully examine elderly individuals risk factors may give many of them better underwriting terms, expanding distributors and producers client bases.