Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Genworth to Increase Rates on Some Older LTC Policies
By Trevor ThomasGenworth Financial Inc. says it will raise rates 18% on two older blocks of comprehensive long term care insurance.
October 25, 2010
Brown & Brown Scoops Up Greystone AssetsA national insurance broker has acquired a benefits brokerage operation in Pennsylvania.
October 25, 2010
What's Wrong With Florida? ...and with Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California...An avid reader called us here in the Hoboken, N.J., office of National Underwriter and said, "I live in Florida. Why is it that every questionable life insurance and annuity sales practice seems to start or take off here?"
October 25, 2010
Downing advances to senior VP, independent agent distribution, W&S Financial Group DistributorsWestern & Southern Financial Group, Cincinnati, has promoted Daniel J. Downing, CFP, to senior vice president of independent agent distribution for W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc.
October 25, 2010
Full Disclosure Report: Indexed Universal Life InsuranceFull Disclosure covers universal life insurance products twice per year and features both fixed and indexed policies.
October 25, 2010
Guardian adds two products to whole life portfolioThe Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, N.Y., has announced two additions to its flagship Whole Life portfolio.
October 25, 2010
Repeal and Replace: A Sick JokeThis year's elections have brought a call for repeal of the health care reform.
October 25, 2010
Could Life Insurer M&A Be About to Pick Up?The recession virtually snuffed out merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the life insurance industry as carriers scrambled to stem severe capital shortages.