Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Hearts & Wallets: Freedom Rings
By Staff WriterThe idea of "financial independence" may work better than the idea of "surviving" at motivating affluent baby boomers to save.
August 10, 2011
Private Exchange to Court Retiree Medicare MarketTowers Watson & Company will be working with Extend Health Inc. to create a Medicare plan purchasing system aimed at employers that are getting out of the business of offering retiree health benefits.
August 10, 2011
National Life Group launches new UL productNational Life Group's companies, National Life Insurance Company and Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, are now offering LifeCycle Solution.
August 10, 2011
IRS Completes Actuarial Table RegsThe Internal Revenue Service has replaced temporary life and annuity actuarial table regulations with final regulations.
August 10, 2011
GAO: Federal LTC Program Not So AttractiveDemographic and administrative concerns are some of the factors that scare insurers away from bidding on the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program contract, according to officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
August 10, 2011
Budget Battle: A Super Committee is BornCongressional leaders are starting to pick the negotiators whose work may determine whether the federal government will face wide-ranging, automatic budget cuts.
August 10, 2011
PPACA: CO-OP Starters Might, or Might Not, Get Planning AidWould-be CO-OP plan starters may be able to get help with paying for the actuarial studies and business plan development efforts needed to start the plans - but only if they win federal approval for their CO-OP applications.
August 10, 2011
National Life Group launches new UL productNational Life Group's companies, National Life Insurance Company and Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, are now offering LifeCycle Solution.