Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Ohio Changes Settlement Rule
By Trevor ThomasThe Ohio Department of Insurance has adopted a rule governing the questions life insurers may ask to discourage possible stranger-originated life insurance transactions.
October 06, 2010
New Jersey, New York Moving Ahead with Designations ModelNew Jersey and New York have started implementing a National Association of Insurance Commissioners model that will affect the designations producers use.
October 06, 2010
Producers: 12b-1 Draft Promotes Short-Term ThinkingProposed changes in 12b-1 fund sales fee rules could push advisors away from helping consumers reach long-term financial goals, life agents and other financial advisors are telling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
October 06, 2010
PPACA: Will Exchanges Be Producers?Some states could apply insurance producer or consultant licensing rules to the new state health insurance exchange entities, according to a National Association of Insurance Commissioners panel.
October 06, 2010
Shelley M. Fiore to assume leadership post at MassMutual's Detroit Financial GroupThe Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) has appointed financial services veteran, Shelley M. Fiore, CLU, ChFC, CLTC, LIC, to a leadership post at Detroit Financial Group LLC, a general agency of the company.
October 06, 2010
Crystal ballWill gold continue to rise in price? Is the yellow metal the new U.S. treasury bill, a new world safety net? Will oil prices rise?
October 06, 2010
Pacific Life introduces new program for the small retirement plan marketPacific Life, Newport Beach, Calif., has launched the Pacific Life Keystone Program, a micro 401(k) plan, as part of its ongoing expansion of retirement solutions.
October 06, 2010
FIO director: Who's it going to be?Interested in perhaps the most influential job in the insurance industry? You have until Oct. 20 to apply.