Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Researchers: Billing, Preauthorization Devour U.S. Physician Practice Time
By Staff WriterDealing with billing, care preauthorization requests and other health plan communications costs the typical U.S. physician about 4 times as much as it costs a typical physician in Ontario.
August 08, 2011
Appeals Court: Group Life RAAs Fall Outside ERISAA life insurer's fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ends once it deposits group life policy benefits into a retained asset account, according to a federal appeals court.
August 08, 2011
Life Insurance Agents: Return to TraditionSince 2008, headlines have shouted the struggles of Main Street Americans.
August 08, 2011
When Good Logic Goes Bad: 403(b) Seems to Equal 401(k) --BUT NOT REALLYA few years ago, the idea of eliminating the differences between 403(b) plans and 401(k) plans seemed to make obvious sense.
August 08, 2011
Appeals Court: Group Life RAAs Fall Outside ERISAA life insurer's fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ends once it deposits group life policy benefits into a retained asset account, according to a federal appeals court.
August 08, 2011
Life Insurance Agents: Return to TraditionSince 2008, headlines have shouted the struggles of Main Street Americans.
August 07, 2011
Linked Benefit Products Breathe New Life into LTC MarketIF you have not been talking about long-term care insurance with clients because you find the products too complicated or difficult to sell, then it is high time to bring you up to speed.
August 07, 2011
U.S. Rating Downgrade: Analysts ShrugA rating agency's decision to downgrade U.S. government debt could increase life insurers' investment returns, securities analysts say.