Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Kehrer-LIMRA: Bank Life Sales Rise; Annuity Sales Fall
By Trevor ThomasThe total amount of life premiums collected by banks was 41% higher in the third quarter than in the third quarter of 2009, but October sales of annuities through banks were 29% lower than in October 2009.
December 10, 2010
Lower Than LowYoung Americans tend to be too poorly prepared for retirement for tax increases to make their situation any more dire than it already is.
December 10, 2010
Towers Watson: Economy May Still StinkMost life insurer chief financial officers think the economy will be the chief obstacle to meeting company objectives in 2011.
December 10, 2010
Good Works: Thrivent, IICF, MassMutualThrivent Financial for Lutherans hopes to contribute about $10 million to fund the construction of 164 Habitat for Humanity homes in 2011.
December 10, 2010
MetLife: Pension Fund Managers Notice Longevity RiskDefined benefit pension plan managers are thinking more about the possibility that plan beneficiaries may live longer than expected.
December 09, 2010
PPACA: NAIC Prepares for Busy MeetingMembers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners are expecting to vote on a long list of Affordable Care Act-related models during a conference call Dec. 16.
December 09, 2010
PPACA: Congress Blinks on Medicare Physician FeesMembers of Congress have agreed to once again postpone implementing a repeatedly postponed Medicare program cost-control measure.
December 09, 2010
Texas Settlement Firm Declares Stock SplitThe board of Life Partners Holdings Inc., a life settlement firm, has approved a 5-for-4 split of the company's common stock.