Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
LTC funding crisis driving a search for alternatives
By Chris OrestisOn Feb. 4th, 2011, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a dire warning in a speech before a gathering of top financial policy reporters at the
March 31, 2011
NFL Players Gain Victory Over League in Workers’ Comp DisputeA more-than-thirty-year-long dispute between football players and the National Football League has finally been settled with a permanent injunction that restricts the right of the League to collect a reimbursement of workers’ compensation benefits paid to players.
March 31, 2011
Irish Banks Are Reported to Need More Rescue CashThe Irish Independent said Thursday that Anglo Irish Bank confirmed it had losses of an additional 17.5 billion euros ($24.9 billion) in advance of the release of stress tests on the nation’s banks.
March 30, 2011
Davis: Physician Schedules CountA health care system that is affordable and appears to offer high-quality care may not do much good if patients cannot actually get in to see the doctors.
March 30, 2011
CMS Schedules CO-OP MeetingThe Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Advisory Board will meet April 15 to vote on recommendations for a CO-OP grant and loan award strategy.
March 30, 2011
HealthSpring Completes OfferingHealthSpring Inc. says it has raised about $301 million by selling 7.5 million shares of common stock to the public and 1.125 million shares to the offering underwriters.
March 30, 2011
Don't be that guyThe story is told of an insurance agent who one morning received a telephone call from the wife of his "best" client.
March 30, 2011
Federal Agencies Post Comp Rule DraftFederal financial services regulators have proposed rules that are supposed to keep "covered financial institutions" from adopting compensation systems that encourage executives, employees, directors and principal shareholders from taking excessive risk.