Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Former Life Settlement Exec Sues Over Commissions
By Trevor ThomasA life settlement industry veteran is suing a former employer in connection with allegations that the employer failed to pay him commissions on a $200 million investment he says he brought to the firm.
October 05, 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 05, 2010
The FSOC is HereThe new Financial Stability Oversight Council has put out a request for information that includes a question about how the FSOC should apply the "Volcker Rule" to insurers.
October 05, 2010
Long Term Care Options That Can Cushion the Financial Reality of AgingMillions of boomers are looking for economic stability, and it's important to help your clients understand what they need to know about the financial realities of growing older, as well as products that keep their assets safe.
October 05, 2010
Millenials, Gen Xers Seek Stodgy Security, Says Guardian LifeInsurance policy buyers under the age of 40 are choosing whole life over other asset alternatives and paying off their policies early, according to Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America.
October 04, 2010
PPACA: AHIP Calls for Coding WorkshopTo make new preventive services benefits requirements work properly, federal agencies may need to help update coding and billing practices, according to America's Health Insurance Plans.
October 04, 2010
New York Fines Health CarrierNew York state has imposed $850,000 in fines on Aetna Inc. in connection with allegations of problems with explanation-of-benefit forms.
October 04, 2010
Plan Administrators to Feds: Help!Benefit plan administrators need more time to figure out how to use the government's electronic report filing system, according to the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries.