Life Insurance
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Personnel Changes: Meyer-Chatfield, CNO, Nationwide, AXA Equitable, N.Y. Life, Great-West, Evolution
By staff WriterMeyer-Chatfield Corp. wants to increase the size of its support staff about 30% in the coming year to prepare for expansion of bank-owned life insurance sales and administration programs.
December 21, 2010
New York Allows Audits of Non-Participating ProvidersHealth insurers doing business in New York state can conduct retrospective reviews of payments made to out-of-network doctors and hospitals, officials say.
December 21, 2010
VALIC Exec Joins Advisory PanelThe U.S. Labor Department has appointed Richard Turner to fill the insurance industry slot on the 15-seat Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.
December 21, 2010
Milliman Adds PBR ToolAn actuarial firm has come out with software that insurers can use to help the National Association of Insurance Commissioners analyze a possible overhaul of reserve-setting methods.
December 21, 2010
How to Get More Quality Disability Insurance ReferralsReferrals are the best way to capture new business.
December 21, 2010
Life Settlement Firm Fires BackA publicly traded life settlement firm says an article in a business newspaper has given a misleading description of its operations.
December 21, 2010
VALIC Exec Joins Advisory PanelThe U.S. Labor Department has appointed Richard Turner to fill the insurance industry slot on the 15-seat Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.
December 21, 2010
PPACA: HHS Proposes Rate Review RegsA proposed federal regulation could require require health insurers to publicly disclose efforts to seek double-digit rate increases in the individual and small group markets.