Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
LIMRA: Only Half of Consumers Know Their Multi-Line Carrier Offers Life Insurance
By Warren S. HerschAlmost 1 in 3 people who buy life insurance from a company other than their auto insurer are not aware their multi-line company offers the product, the study reveals.
November 07, 2011
State Life Launches Annuity with LTC BenefitsState Lifes new Annuity Care III product allows policyholders access to the cash value of the annuity for long-term care expenses.
November 07, 2011
Target-Date Funds Payout Often Misunderstood: SurveyDefined contribution plan participants, by and large, understand what target-date funds are and how they work, with a notable exception: they have unrealistic expectations about what those funds will provide upon retirement, according to a survey from AllianceBernstein released Monday.
November 07, 2011
The Catch: Nov. 7Americans are getting the message about high health care costs, California Blue Shield makes an ACO hire, and more.
November 07, 2011
Milliman: Top Pension Plans Enjoyed $44B Gain in 3QMilliman attributes the third quarter improvement to investment gains. As of October 31, the funded ratio rose to 75.4% from 72.8% at the end of September.
November 07, 2011
US Wealth Gap Between Young and Old is Widest EverThe wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt.
November 07, 2011
Europe's Financial Chiefs Try to 'Stop the Rot'Financial officials from around Europe met Monday in Brussels for urgent talks on how to ease Europe's debt crisis, calm markets and as one of them put it "stop the rot."
November 07, 2011
Potential Need to Strengthen Insurer Reserves Seen as Negative for Credit, Bottom LineWhat does Moody's see for life insurers? At best, disruption. At worst, higher prices, overwhelmed markets, capital constraints, insurance department waivers, and damaged profitability.