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 29, 2011
FATCA Withholding Rules Heading Straight Toward Life, Annuity IssuersLife insurance and annuity sellers may soon find themselves helping the Internal Revenue Service identify U.S. persons who have invested in non-U.S. financial accounts.
August 29, 2011
PPACA: Feds Short on Multi-State Plan AnswersOfficials at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management may have raised more questions than they answered in a document aimed at entities wanting to participate in the new health insurance exchange multi-state plan program.
August 29, 2011
Analysts: Current Rating Agency Ratings "Weak"U.S. life insurers have pretty good financial strength ratings right now - but that could change.
August 29, 2011
Melville Capital Completes Sale of A&O Life PortfolioMelville Capital L.L.C. has finished selling the life insurance portfolio of a firm that ended up in bankruptcy court.
August 29, 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 29, 2011
Boosting Sales with More Comprehensive IDI PoliciesA serious disability is six times more likely than death. Forty-eight percent of mortgage foreclosures are caused by a disability.
August 28, 2011
WellPoint: Many Avoid Thinking About Life InsuranceMany consumers still deal with preparing for death by just not thinking about the possibility that death could happen.