Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Grandma, can you spare a grand?
By Staff WriterNot only has the U.S. hit a record number of grandparents, but those grandparents are so flush with cash that they financially support their children and grandchildren.
August 08, 2011
Unum Exec: Tough Underwriting Has Been Good for UsAn executive at Unum Group Corp. says the company is glad it has tried to take a disciplined approach to selling group disability insurance in the past few years.
August 08, 2011
Summit Business Media Publications Win Azbee AwardsNational Underwriter Life & Health magazine and two sister news organizations have won National Azbee Awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.
August 08, 2011
Researchers: Billing, Preauthorization Devour U.S. Physician Practice TimeDealing 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
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.
August 08, 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 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.