Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Fed Releases TILA Regulation Draft
By Allison BellThe Federal Reserve System is seeking comments on a proposed regulation that could have some effect on sellers of credit life insurance, credit disability insurance and other credit insurance products.
May 11, 2011
Milliman: Health Costs Rise 7.3%The cost of health care for a typical family of four has increased 7.3% this year, to $19,393.
May 11, 2011
C F Effron: Banks Value High RatingsBanks offer insurance mainly to strengthen existing customer relationships, and they care deeply about the strength and reputation of the insurers they work with, a consulting firm says.
May 11, 2011
Baier named GAMA presidentJohn Baier, CLU, ChFC, CFP, CLF, has been named president of GAMA International.
May 11, 2011
C F Effron: Banks Value High RatingsBanks offer insurance mainly to strengthen existing customer relationships, and they care deeply about the strength and reputation of the insurers they work with, a consulting firm says.
May 11, 2011
Treasury Offers AIG StockThe U.S. Treasury Department has started to sell 200 million shares of the common stock of American International Group Inc.
May 11, 2011
Product meant to cover ESOP 'blindside'Exceptional Risk Advisors has launched ESOP Select, an insurance product aimed at protecting the ESOP "blindside."
May 11, 2011
Flexible flyersI continue to like flexible mutual funds, the ones that can move from commodities to gold and, later, to overseas or domestic equities