Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Munich Re Unit to Back AMVA Program
By Staff WriterSterling Life Insurance Company is taking over from Fidelity Life Association as the issuing carrier for a program that helps local health plans fill out-of-area coverage gaps.
August 30, 2011
Consultants: Principles-Based Reserving Could Have Mixed EffectsShifting toward a principles-based reserving approach could lead to a modest increase in reserve requirements for universal life policies with secondary guarantees and big decreases in reserve requirements for term life policies.
August 30, 2011
Advisors: Look to middle-market boomersAdvisors may be ignoring a goldmine of prospects if they disregard the needs of middle-income baby boomers.
August 30, 2011
LISA: We Too Hate Crooked Life Settlement Securitization SchemesThe Life Insurance Settlement Association says its members agree with state securities regulators about the need to root out fraudulent life settlement securitization programs.
August 30, 2011
The tweeting of SMAXThis year's Senior Market Advisor Expo showed the power of social media to connect attendees and readers to the happenings at the event.
August 30, 2011
EBRI: Target Date Fund Ride Scared Some Out of StocksAbout 80% of the workers who had all 401(k) plan assets in target-date funds during the 2008 stock market crash have kept the assets in the funds, but some have gone to cash.
August 29, 2011
Lockton: SBC Rules Likely to ChangeThe current draft of the proposed summary of benefits and coverage could change greatly over the next few months.
August 29, 2011
Ballard Spahr: Feds Take Care of HRAsFederal officials have cleared up a question concerning health reimbursement arrangements.