Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
U.S. Insurers Rally To Get Brazil To Drop Reinsurance Restrictions
By Elizabeth D. FestaWith many contracts up for renewal in 2012, and a national fallback from liberalization to a restrictive reinsurance market what's a U.S. insurer --or Japanese, or European insurer to do in the meantime--wait for a ruling from Brazil?
November 17, 2011
More Americans Turning to Banks for Retirement Advice, Survey Says (Financial Advisor)Banks may not be the darlings of Wall Street, but Americans want their help in planning for retirement.
November 17, 2011
Lawmakers in Tiny RI Poised to Act on One of the Largest Pension Problems in the US (Washington Post)Rhode Island lawmakers will vote today on a landmark pension overhaul that has angered public employees in the state.
November 16, 2011
Life Insurance Consumers Satisfied, But Hoping For MoreResearch of over 7,000 global insurance customers conducted earlier this year by Accenture indicates a satisfaction gap between what life insurance customers want from their insurers and what they think they are getting.
November 16, 2011
Life Insurance Consumers Satisfied, But Hoping For MoreResearch of over 7,000 global insurance customers conducted earlier this year by Accenture indicates a satisfaction gap between what life insurance customers want from their insurers and what they think they are getting.
November 16, 2011
Insurance Can Be Systemically Risky, Says ExpertA funded consumer representative to the NAIC today countered insurance industry and NAIC arguments that insurance companies dont pose systemic risks to the economy, making a de facto argument for federal oversight of the industry.
November 16, 2011
A Run on the Insurance Company?As regulators and legislators spar over the need for federal insurance oversight, a persistent question arises: could there ever be a run on the insurance company?