Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
NAIC Panel Seeks Producer Commission Comments
By Staff WriterA National Association of Insurance Commissioners panel plans to discuss health insurance agent and broker commissions at the NAIC's upcoming spring meeting.
March 14, 2011
Life insurance and relationships, part 2: The advisor-general agent/broker general agent relationshipI left off last week talking about the importance of the producer-client relationship when it comes to the successful outcome of life insurance cases. Next we explore the advisor and general agent or broker general agent relationship.
March 14, 2011
Affluent Clients Need to Match Insurance to New Risks: Fireman’s FundHigh-net-worth individuals and families often are not aware that their risk profiles have changed in ways that require them to reconsider their insurance coverage, according to Darryl Page of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co.
March 14, 2011
Lawmakers Pass Another Short-Term Budget FixLawmakers agreed March 11 to a continuing resolution to fund the government for three weeks past the previous CR deadline of March 18.
March 13, 2011
Life Insurers, Analysts Ponder Effects of Japan EarthquakesInsurers and industry analysts are starting to think about how the earthquakes and tsunamis that struck northeastern Japan Friday might affect the life and health sectors.
March 11, 2011
Sebelius Letter Slams House Budget Impact on Medicare ProgramsThe proposed House budget for the rest of the current fiscal year will severely curtail the ability of the federal government to make payments to vendors under various Medicare programs.
March 11, 2011
New York Eyes Border CrossersLife insurers and producers should stop trying to sell unapproved insurance policies and contracts to residents of New York state.