Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Ballard Spahr: Feds Take Care of HRAs
By Staff WriterFederal officials have cleared up a question concerning health reimbursement arrangements.
August 29, 2011
NAIC Panel to Ponder Contingent AnnuitiesThe Life Insurance and Annuities Committee is considering a task force referral on annuities set up in such a way that benefits payments start only when a specified event occurs.
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.