Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Corbett: Pa. Health Program is Broke
By Staff WriterA Pennsylvania health insurance program that covers 42,000 moderately low-income state residents has run out of funding, according to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.
January 25, 2011
Report: Younger boomers and Generation X most affected by the recessionData from market research firm Mintel shows that Americans 45 to 54 years old have been more financially pinched by the recession and also that many expect yet more time to recover.
January 25, 2011
Advisor reminder: Great questions make great salesAgents ask me the same questions again and again: How do I get more appointments? How do I inspire people to take action? Why aren't people buying life insurance and annuities? Here are three ways to achieve better results.
January 25, 2011
Insurers Identify Potential Areas for Growth in 2011: ICMGTwo-thirds of insurance firms are looking to add new products or services to their distribution channels in the next year, a survey released Monday by the Inter-Company Marketing Group found.
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
PPACA: Health Policy Watcher Questions ACO ConceptGreg Scandlen, a longtime health policy specialist, is raising questions about whether the accountable care organization will do much to improve the U.S. health care system.
January 24, 2011
PPACA: Employers, Workers Still in a FogTypical employers and typical workers are not quite sure how the new federal health care laws will affect their group health benefits.
January 24, 2011
NAIC Opposes Grandfather SwappingIf an employer wants to have an insured, grandfathered health plan, it ought to stick with the same insurer, according to the officers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.