Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
State Regs May Force Some Settlement Firms Out of Business
By Trevor ThomasThe inevitable impact of increased state regulation of life insurance settlements will be a shakeout in the industry, says Alan Buerger, CEO of Coventry First L.L.C., Fort Washington, Pa.
December 09, 2010
House Democrats Reject Tax Agreement, Blast Estate Tax DealHouse Democrats today passed a non-binding resolution rejecting a tax-cut package negotiated by Obama administration officials and congressional Republicans.
December 09, 2010
Benefits Specialists: Are We Asking Clients to Do Our Job?On a recent business trip, the ever-changing dynamics of customer service really hit home for me.
December 08, 2010
AHIP: HSA Balances Are GrowingThe average balance for a health savings account opened in 2005 increased to $2,098 in 2009, from $1,899 in 2008.
December 08, 2010
Consumer Confidence ImprovesAmericans seem to be feeling better about the economy and the state of their own finances.
December 08, 2010
Dodd-Frank Swaps: Insurers Eye "Substantial Position" DefinitionThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission cite insurer comments several times in a draft that would implement part of the swaps provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
December 08, 2010
PPACA: States Reject Increase RequestsInsurance regulators in Connecticut and Washington state have rejected health insurance rate increase requests filed by carriers doing business in their states.
December 08, 2010
Securian Life enters N.Y. market with new indexed UL productSecurian Life Insurance Company, St. Paul, Minn., has entered New York's individual life insurance market with Eclipse Indexed Universal Life Insurance.