Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Employer-owned life insurance: The rules have changed
By Denise M. DesautelsYou can rectify improper filing of EOLI forms to your client's benefit.
June 29, 2011
CDC: Adults Face Drops in Private CoverageThe percentage of U.S. adults ages 18 to 64 who were uninsured rose rapidly between 2009 and 2010 because of a drop in the private plan participation rate.
June 29, 2011
Unscrupulous advisors bilk clients for personal gainA California life insurance agent has been sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison for multiple felonies in a Ponzi scheme used to bilk unsuspecting victims out of approximately $800,000.
June 29, 2011
6th Circuit: In Health Care, All Individuals are ActiveCongress has the authority to make people take action to buy health coverage because the health care market is different from most other markets, according to a 3-member panel at the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
June 29, 2011
HNW lapping the middle marketIt's no wonder so many producers target high-net-worth (HNW) clients and forsake the middle market. Same reason robbers favor banks: Because that's where the money is.
June 29, 2011
Virginia Sets the Date for Shenandoah Life Acquisition HearingThe Virginia State Corporation Commission plans to hold a hearing Oct. 11 on efforts by United Prosperity Life Insurance Company to acquire Shenandoah Life Insurance Company.
June 29, 2011
Bill Nash joins Lincoln Financial GroupLincoln Financial Distributors, the wholesale distribution subsidiary of Lincoln Financial Group, has hired Bill Nash, CRPC, as national sales manager for MoneyGuard.
June 29, 2011
New single-premium whole life policy from Banker's LifeBankers Life and Casualty Company is now offering InnovativeLife SP I, a single-premium whole life insurance policy.