Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Philadelphia Financial Acquires Phoenix Life and Reassurance Co. of New York
By Staff WriterA company that recently split off from the Phoenix Companies Inc. is the new parent of Phoenix Life and Reassurance Company of New York.
October 06, 2010
Miller To Lead AAAThe American Academy of Actuaries board has elected David Sandberg president-elect.
October 06, 2010
Ohio Changes Settlement RuleThe 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
Miller To Lead AAAThe American Academy of Actuaries board has elected David Sandberg president-elect.
October 06, 2010
IASB: Finnegan Defends Margin-Based ReportingFinancial reports created using proposed international accounting standards may look strange at first, but they give clear information about how insurance contracts are really doing, Patrick Finnegan says.
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.