Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Boomers and Medicare: ‘Indifferent, Nervous, Overwhelmed’
By Danielle AndrusTwenty-seven percent of boomers surveyed in August said they were indifferent about enrolling in Medicare, while 26% said they were nervous and 14% said they were overwhelmed.
September 18, 2011
Obama Team Targets Estate Tax, DRD, COLI, Life SettlementsThe Obama administration has unveiled a deficit reduction package that could impose a $6 billion hit on corporate-owned life insurance arrangements and raise $866 billion by turning the federal estate tax clock back to 2009.
September 18, 2011
Actuary to NAIC Panel: How Much Experience Can You Handle?Norman Hill is asking drafters of an insurance experience reporting guide for more details about experience program data analysis capacity.
September 18, 2011
Unhealthy skepticismIt was less than 48 hours after the 9/11 attacks when a friend of mine suggested to me that the U.S. government was really behind it all.
September 17, 2011
How to Build a Foolproof Family Limited PartnershipA strong FLP must be custom-built from the ground up or you risk having the IRS or a court set it aside.
September 16, 2011
Growth: Benefitfocus, Benefit Resource, Bankers Life and Humana, Reliance StandardA benefit plan administrator that serves government contractors has picked online enrollment and benefit management technology from Benefitfocus.com Inc.
September 16, 2011
CMS Grapples with ACO Privacy ConcernsFederal regulators are starting to think about how the new accountable care organizations might handle patients' personally identifiable information.