Life Insurance
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Deficit-Reduction Proposals Start Drawing Fire
By Arthur D. PostalA pension professional group is assailing a proposal from the cochairmen of the federal Deficit Reduction Commission to eliminate the tax incentives provided to employers to fund retirement plans.
November 11, 2010
Supplier Teamwork Cuts Benefit Costs: ReportThe 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
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
Health care costs spur senior bankruptciesA recent study found medical expenses are a major contributing factor in bankruptcy filings among older Americans
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.