Life Insurance
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Supplier Teamwork Cuts Benefit Costs: Report
By Staff WriterThe key to cutting the cost of the benefit programs is to improve cooperation among the employer, its group health and disability insurers and other benefits suppliers, according to a new report.
November 11, 2010
New York Life: Sales Are Way UpWhile the life insurance industry looks to address the lowest levels of life insurance ownership since WWII, not every carrier in the market is feeling pain.
November 11, 2010
Parents of Disabled Adults Not Taking Care of Future: MassMutualDespite deep concern for the future of their adult children with disabilities, a study of parents of such children find most have done little to prepare for the day their children will be on their own.
November 11, 2010
Earnings: IHC, Universal, Aegon, ING, Aegon, Manulife, Sun Life, Great-West, Pru U.K., AvivaA few more U.S. insurers -- and several non-U.S. insurers that use a reporting format similar to the U.S. format - have come out with earnings.
November 11, 2010
MetLife to Stop Selling New LTC PoliciesMetLife Inc. says it will no longer sell new long term care insurance policies in either the individual or group markets after the end of the year.
November 11, 2010
Social Media Boot Camp Day 9: Group Mentality: Using Social Media Groups to Find Like-Minded People - and ProspectsOne of the best ways to get involved in a social networking community - and find people who think like you, work like you, have your same interests, and, eventually, want and need your products and services - is by joining groups.
November 11, 2010
Family Foundations Consider Issue of Perpetuity vs Limited LifeMost family foundations in the U.S. are set up to exist in perpetuity, but the number of limited-life foundations is increasing.
November 11, 2010
MetLife Exits Long-Term Care BusinessMetLife Inc. announced Thursday that it was exiting the long-term care insurance (LTCI) market.