Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Personnel Changes: PIAA, Aetna, Arizona Blue, Symetra
By Ashley ScudderThe Physician Insurers Association of America has hired Brian Atchinson - the former president of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association - to be its next president and chief executive officer.
July 08, 2011
New York Requires Use of Master Death FileNew York state insurance regulators are ordering life insurers to use the Social Security Death Master File to locate insureds who may have died and report on the effectiveness of the search.
July 08, 2011
New Customer Preferences, New Distribution Landscape for Life InsurersIn recent years, life insurers have begun the process of adapting to a distribution environment which encompasses emerging technologies such as mobile, social media, digital marketing and online sales.
July 08, 2011
Reducing Medicare Costs through Tax DeferralHealthcare costs are perpetually among the biggest challenges that retirees face. In a recent survey, three out of 10 retirees said that paying for healthcare costs was their single biggest financial concern.
July 08, 2011
The Bright Side of the 2010 Tax Relief ActWith its estate, gift, and generation skipping provisions, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the 2010 Tax Relief Act) has a bright side for life insurance professionals.
July 08, 2011
The Bright Side of the 2010 Tax Relief ActWith its estate, gift, and generation skipping provisions, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the 2010 Tax Relief Act) has a bright side for life insurance professionals.
July 07, 2011
HHS Arm to Study Health Plan LiteracyThe federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wants to learn how well consumers understand what health plans and health care professionals are telling them.
July 07, 2011
MEWA to Terminate OperationsA multiple employer welfare arrangement has agreed to shut down its operations and distribute the plan assets to the plan participants.