Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Life Settlement Firm Confirms Investigation
By Trevor ThomasLife Partners Holdings Inc. says it is cooperating with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of its Life Partners Inc. operating subsidiary.
January 24, 2011
Assurant to Write Off Health, Benefits GoodwillAssurant Inc. plans to write off about $306 million in goodwill in the fourth quarter to account for the effects of regulatory and economic changes on health and employee benefits operations.
January 24, 2011
Foresters Closes on FICCThe Independent Order of Foresters has completed previously announced efforts to acquire First Investors Consolidated Corp., a U.S. distributor of life and investment products.
January 24, 2011
Ready to RepealAmidst great anticipation, the new House Republican majority has carried out its pledge to repeal healthcare reform legislation by bringing to vote H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act.
January 24, 2011
Life Settlement Firm Confirms InvestigationLife Partners Holdings Inc. says it is cooperating with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of its Life Partners Inc. operating subsidiary.
January 24, 2011
Place Your BetsThe litigation involving so-called "death bets" in the secondary market for life insurance policies may decrease in volume going forward, with settlements in cases where the premium is at stake.
January 24, 2011
Keep your name in front of clientsKeeping my name in front of clients has helped improve my persistency and increase referrals and sales from my existing clients.
January 24, 2011
The most common misperception about seniorsThere are seven common mistakes that producers make when working with seniors, mostly because of outdated assumptions.