Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Ways and Means Schedules PPACA Hearing
By Staff WriterThe U.S. House Ways and Means Committee plans to hold a hearing Feb. 10 on the effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries.
February 04, 2011
Guardian to Transition Out of LTCI MarketNew York-based Guardian announced Friday it will halt sales of its proprietary long-term care insurance product by the end of 2011.
February 04, 2011
Personnel Changes: Prudential, Guardian, Allianz, Transamerica, CrumpPrudential Financial Inc. has promoted Kara Segreto to chief marketing officer at the Prudential Retirement unit.
February 04, 2011
Guardian to Transition Out of LTCI MarketNew York-based Guardian announced Friday it will halt sales of its proprietary long-term care insurance product by the end of 2011.
February 04, 2011
U.S. Judge May Toss N.Y. Settlement CaseU.S. District Judge Deborah Batts could throw out a New York case in which an insurer has challenged the sale of a policy to a party with no insurable interest in the life of the policyholder.
February 04, 2011
Sue the BastardsMy father, who owns his own legal practice, has a bunch of neat mementos he's gathered over the years. One is a set of my ...
February 03, 2011
CFPB Sets Up WebsiteA new federal watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has set up a website that mentions retirement savings in passing and makes no direct reference to insurance or annuities.
February 03, 2011
Fidelity Puts Muscle Behind Income PlanningFidelity Investments is promoting the idea that workers should consider a variety of options - including annuities - for generating retirement income.