Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
FASB, IASB Still Dickering Over Insurance Standards
By Staff WriterA senior credit officer at Moody's Investors Service has produced a list of some of the differences that remain between U.S. and international negotiators working on an insurance accounting standards project.
August 03, 2011
Linked Benefits Solutions for Advanced PlanningIf you do advanced planning, a linked benefit product could be a valuable addition to your toolbox.
August 03, 2011
AAA: We Should Have Access to PBR Study DataThe American Academy of Actuaries has created rigorous, detailed procedures for protecting against potential conflicts of interests, and its members can and should play a role in principles-based reserving experience reporting, the group's leader says.
August 03, 2011
CMS Actuaries: Private Health Insurance Spending to Keep GrowingU.S. private health insurer spending on health care could increase about 65% between now and 2020, government researchers say.
August 03, 2011
Bachus: SEC About to Draft Fiduciary Standard RegsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reassigning examiners to speed up the process of writing a uniform fiduciary standard regulation, a lawmaker says.
August 03, 2011
On the BrinkA COUPLE of weeks ago, I spoke with a friend of mine who works for the NFL on what the outcome of the lockout was going to be. It was something that I was hesitant to bring up; for me, all a lockout would have meant was not watching the...
August 03, 2011
The miracle of tax-deferred compound interestHelp your clients understand the amazing benefit of tax deferral.
August 03, 2011
AAA: We Should Have Access to PBR Study DataThe American Academy of Actuaries has created rigorous, detailed procedures for protecting against potential conflicts of interests, and its members can and should play a role in principles-based reserving experience reporting, the group's leader says.