Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
PPACA: Agencies Postpone Claims and Appeals Enforcement
By Allison BellFederal regulators expect to wait until Jan. 1, 2012, to enforce some of the new federal internal claims and appeals requirements.
March 21, 2011
Republicans: SEC Has Not Justified Fiduciary Standard RulemakingRepublican members of the House Financial Services Committee are opposing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decision to proceed with development of a uniform fiduciary standard regulation.
March 21, 2011
Senate to Vote on Repealing 1099 Reporting ProvisionThe Senate appears poised to support H.R. 4, the House version of legislation repealing the much-criticized 1099 reporting provision through a vote likely to occur this week.
March 21, 2011
Thanks For NothingPaul Keckley, executive director at the Deloitte Center for Health Care Solutions, Washington, spends his days with health plan executives who view complying with the Affordable Care Act as a business imperative.
March 21, 2011
Analyst: Most U.S. Life Policies Cover Radiation PoisoningA standard U.S. life insurance policy would cover death from radiation poisoning.
March 21, 2011
The High Cost of LivingLife insurers are tasked with the unfortunate duty of placing values on life while supplying the insured with a policy tailored to their individual needs
March 21, 2011
In Allah We TrustThe rumor also notes that the Muslim exemption was based off of Islamic law's prohibition on insurance.
March 21, 2011
Rating Agency: Tohoku Life Insurance Claims to Exceed $3.7 billionThe Great Tohoku Earthquake and the resulting tsunamis and aftershocks may lead to life and health insurance claims with a value equivalent to about $3.7 billion to $5 billion.