Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Employer Health Insurance Rates Up Sharply: Study
By Staff WriterHigher premiums plus higher out-of-pocket costs for health care are putting working families' budgets under stress across the country, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund, New York, asserts.
December 07, 2010
Physicians Mutual Appoints Frohman as Senior Vice PresidentPhysicians Mutual president and CEO Robert A. Reed announces the appointment of Ann Frohman as senior vice president of government and industry.
December 07, 2010
Hannover Re Tweaks Guide for Older RisksHannover Life Reassurance Company of America has added a new older age life underwriting module within its Web-based guide, Ascent.
December 07, 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 07, 2010
Industry Reacts to Tax DealLife insurance agent trade groups had a guarded reaction to the proposed compromise tax cut unveiled by President Barack Obama late Monday.
December 07, 2010
How to Use Life Insurance Portfolio Analysis to Bring Value to the SalePicture this: An individual, a family, a couple, or a business owner buys a life insurance policy, all to serve different needs.
December 06, 2010
Ohio Standardizes Small Group Health AppsThe Ohio Department of Insurance has worked with the Ohio Association of Health Plans to create a standard health insurance application form for small groups.
December 06, 2010
2011 Annuity Market PredictionsWhat does 2011 hold for the annuity market? The fixed annuity industry's stunning victory over SEC Rule 151 this year has broad implications for next year.