Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Detailed letters can speed underwriting process
By Fred E. WernetteEvery producer knows that getting from illustration to application to issued to commission can be a long, agonizing process.
March 22, 2011
Dearborn Cuts DistributorsDearborn National has ended a distribution and marketing agreement with Rayant Insurance Agency Inc.
March 22, 2011
New York Department Rules on Life Settlement Privacy ProvisionsAn official in the New York State Insurance Department says a life settlement servicing company may not necessarily have the authority to contact an insured to ask about the insured's health status.
March 22, 2011
3 steps to developing a successful referral systemMost producers get referrals by asking their clients for the names of any acquaintances who may need their services.
March 22, 2011
Life insurance and relationships, part 3: The GA/BGA-carrier and underwriter relationshipMuch like the relationship between the advisor and agent/broker, this one is based on integrity, competence, communication and confidence.
March 21, 2011
PPACA: Agencies Postpone Claims and Appeals EnforcementFederal regulators expect to wait until Jan. 1, 2012, to enforce some of the new federal internal claims and appeals requirements.
March 21, 2011
GAO: Effects of TRICARE Change UnclearThe U.S. Department of Defense cannot tell whether a new TRICARE coordination of benefits rule is actually saving any money."
March 21, 2011
PPACA: HHS Posts Quality Strategy DocumentDrafters mention the cost of care briefly in the new National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care, a document that is supposed to shape U.S. quality improvement efforts.