Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
A Cautionary Tale
By Arthur D. PostalHuge 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
GAO: Broker Incentives Could Help Replace PPACA MandatePaying agents and brokers a flat fee per health plan enrollee--and extra for reeling in the uninsured--could help reduce the need for an Affordable Care Act individual health insurance ownership mandate.
April 18, 2011
Scottish Re Unwinds SecuritizationScottish Re Group Ltd. says it is unwinding a securitization deal and implementing a merger that should provide liquidity for ordinary shareholders.
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
Analysts Hold Breath as Earnings Season NearsOne securities analysts is hoping for pleasant surprises when North American life insurers start announcing first quarter earnings, and another is hoping insurers will replace stock buybacks with dividend increases.
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
Consultants: The Real World MattersYounger consumers may look for information about life insurance online - but real people and real life events continue to be the major triggers for those searches.
April 18, 2011
Seniors afraid policy changes will hurt retirement plansAccording to LIMRA research, more than half of retirees, ages 55 to 79, fear changes to Medicare, Social Security and taxes will affect their ability to afford retirement.