Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
AAA Rep Urges Congress to Increase Retirement Age
By Allison BellTo keep Social Security solvent, Congress should start by increasing the normal Social Security retirement age, a top actuary testified today on Capitol Hill.
July 08, 2011
Personnel Changes: PIAA, Aetna, Arizona Blue, SymetraThe 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
Summit Business Media Receives Azbee NominationsSummit Business Media publications have finalists in the running for 2011 Azbee awards in six categories.
July 08, 2011
Keeping the Glass Half Full: An Advisor's Guide to Optimism in Retirement PlanningThere is good news for today's retirees and its coming straight from retirees themselves. All of us, including advisors helping people save for retirement, can learn from their experience.
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.