Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Retiring Texas Commissioner: Protect Life Settlement Investors
By Trevor ThomasTexas lawmakers should consider giving a state agency clear authority to oversee the investment side of the life settlement business, outgoing Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin says.
January 09, 2011
2011 Looks to be a Good Year for Executive Bonus PlansAfter a dismal 2008 and 2009, businesses are once again implementing life insurance-funded executive compensation plans for non-owner key executives.
January 08, 2011
Shootings to Delay Health VoteThe shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson, Ariz., have led House Republicans to postpone consideration of H.R. 2, the Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act bill.
January 07, 2011
Pacific Life Adds Sales SupportThe life division at Pacific Life Insurance Company is creating 6 new divisional sales organizations to help its 27 regional life offices.
January 07, 2011
SOA: Many Not Ready for RetirementOnly about half of Americans ages 45 to 70 say they have plans for protecting themselves against the risk of outliving their assets.
January 07, 2011
IIABA: HHS Interfered with NAIC DeliberationsFederal officials worked behind the scenes to turn the National Association of Insurance Commissioners medical loss ratio decision-making process against agents, according to leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America.
January 07, 2011
Nebraska Defines "Small"For most health insurance purposes, a Nebraska employer will continue to be a small group if it has 50 or fewer employees.
January 07, 2011
State Court Rules on Calif. Rescission RulesCalifornia Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny has sided with insurers on some issues and with regulators on others in a ruling on tough new California rescission regulations.