Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Editor's Blog: Comparison Shopping
By Staff WriterMaybe life insurance numbers are so low because the buyers are kept in the dark about what they are supposed to buy.
September 23, 2011
The Emergency Survival Plan for Health Insurance Specialists: Part IIThis is the second in a series of four articles outlining a seven-step "Emergency Survival Plan" you can deploy in your health insurance practice.
September 23, 2011
Comparison ShoppingSales of life insurance, and specifically individual life insurance, are not where the industry would like them to be. LIMRA nailed the problem last year, ...
September 23, 2011
Federal LTC Enrollment SoarsThe Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program, in its first major open season for enrollment since its inception, saw an increase of 20% in enrollment, with more than 45,000 now covered by the largest employer-sponsored plan in the U.S.
September 22, 2011
Gramm: Sunset Entitlement Programs Every 10 YearsCongress should have to re-authorize every federal program -including Medicare and Social Security - on a regular basis, according to Phil Gramm.
September 22, 2011
Plan Administrator: Keep Pension, Health Data Rules the SameThe U.S. Labor Department should try to make the regulations governing the security of information at retirement plans and health benefits plans as similar as possible, and leave room for technology changes.
September 22, 2011
Citigroup: DAC Changes About to AttackAn upcoming accounting standards update could have a noticeable effect on life insurers' earnings in the coming year, securities analysts say.
September 22, 2011
IRS Establishes Church Plan ProceduresChurch plans will have to notify plan participants before asking the Internal Revenue Service to provide private letter rulings confirming the plans' status.