Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
AAA Task Force Lists Public Pension Plan Perils
By Allison BellActuaries have come up with a list of structural problems that can divorce the benefits a public pension plan promises from the benefits the plan can deliver.
October 21, 2010
PPACA: Commissions Stay in MLR BlankThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners today approved a medical loss ratio reporting blank that would keep the cost of agent commissions in the administrative cost total.
October 21, 2010
Protective Life Signs Liberty Life Coinsurance DealA subsidiary of Protective Life Corp. has agreed to coinsure the life and health business of Liberty Life Insurance Company.
October 21, 2010
The Case for a Healthcare Advocate, Part III: Navigating the Medicare MazeFor your clients, family members, and yourself, keep a simple document on hand that lists your medical and emergency data and contacts. Simple but effective.
October 21, 2010
Penn Mutual Names Eileen McDonnell as CEOEileen C. McDonnell, current president of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., has been named as successor to Robert E. Chappell, Penn Mutual's CEO.
October 21, 2010
Should You Be Worried About the LTCI Industry?Rate hikes. Temporary suspension of sales. What do these announcements mean for the long term care insurance industry?John Hancock recently announced that it would be ...
October 20, 2010
Life Settlements: Buerger Eager to See Next ActA top life settlement industry official this week said that despite current opposition from some underwriters, he believes the life settlement business will soon become an integral part of the life insurance industry.
October 20, 2010
New Hampshire Seeks Health Rate HelpThe New Hampshire Insurance Department wants to hire a consultant to help it comply with a new state health insurance cost increase act.