Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Researchers: Getting Brokers Angry May Slow Exchange Growth
By Allison BellMassachusetts may have hurt efforts to sell small group health coverage through its exchange system by infuriating health insurance agents and brokers, researchers say.
April 18, 2011
Prudential to Expand Everbright Pramerica StakeThe Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce has given a unit of Prudential Financial Inc. final approval to increase its ownership stake in a fund manager in China to 45%, from 33%.
April 18, 2011
Nationwide Shifts Corporate Life FocusNationwide Financial Services Inc. has changed the name of its corporate life insurance unit to Nationwide Business Solutions Group, from Corporate Insurance Markets.
April 18, 2011
Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" Exacts Too High a PriceClearly, the U.S. cannot allow health care costs to eat up an increasing share of the budget and crowd out other fiscal priorities.
April 18, 2011
LTC Execs: It's Time to GrowThe U.S. long term care (LTC) insurance market could enjoy 10% to 15% in annual short-term growth, according to the heads of two major LTC insurance businesses.
April 18, 2011
A Cautionary TaleHuge amounts of rhetorical energy bad-mouthing the health care reform legislation are being expended, and various means of repealing it are pushing forward even as the rolling-out of the bill continues apace.
April 18, 2011
TimepiecesLosing a parent takes with it your last youthful delusions of immortality. More than ever, I feel the need to provide for my family now and after I am gone, which is why I am sharing this news with you here.
April 18, 2011
The Fat of the LandNovelty eating contests have long been a part of Americana, from local restaurant challenges to countywide pie-eating contests to a national competitive eating circuit that features events such as the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.