Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
The Myth-Buster: Clearing Up Four Common Myths about Voluntary Insurance
By Tom MoreyAmericans are beginning to take a front seat in driving their health care decisions.
April 18, 2011
Researchers: Getting Brokers Angry May Slow Exchange GrowthMassachusetts 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
Editor's Blog: Bad AdviceYou know things are out of whack when a long-time financial columnist doesn't see much point to owning life insurance.
April 18, 2011
Editor's Blog: Bad AdviceYou know things are out of whack when a long-time financial columnist doesn't see much point to owning life insurance.
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.