Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Illinois Providers Fight Balance Billing Law
By Staff WriterHospital-based physicians and pathology groups in Illinois are trying to overturn a new state law that prohibits some providers from "balance billing" patients.
July 14, 2011
Taleb Talks SwansFederal regulators need to help insure the economy against catastrophes, not just the optimize it to do well under ordinary conditions.
July 14, 2011
Insurance Product Training: July 11th-July 18thDo you need insurance product training?
July 14, 2011
Analysts: Managed Care Small Slice of M&A PieManaged care deals accounted for just 2% of the dollar value of health care mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter, according to Irving Levin Associates Inc.
July 14, 2011
CDC: Hawaiians Die, Too -- But Less OftenIn 2009, the age-adjusted risk of dying was about 50% higher for a resident of West Virginia than it was for a resident of Hawaii.
July 14, 2011
Ode to the Trust: 1st SonataThis article is the first in a two-part series from Mr. Shenkman outlining the necessary elements to successfully manage a trust, including life insurance trusts, to avoid litigation and ensure the smooth operation of the grantor's wishes.
July 14, 2011
New York Renews Life Settlement Licensing RegsThe New York State Insurance Department has used an emergency adoption process to keep the state's life settlement provider and intermediary licensing program in place.
July 14, 2011
FDIC Publishes Orderly Liquidation Authority Final RuleThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has completed work on regulations that could affect the steps it would take if it became the receiver of an insurance company or of an affiliate of an insurance company.