Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
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By Doug McphersonNo doubt, there's plenty to know to be an effective producer in life insurance--an industry chock full of changes.
September 30, 2010
Edelman Financial Services Teams Up With Life Insurance Broker AccuQuoteEdelman Financial Services, headed by well-known advisor, author, and talk show host Ric Edelman, has partnered with one of the largest independent life insurance brokerage firms, AccuQuote.
September 29, 2010
JHA: Group LTD Sales Fall 21%The great recession hit new U.S. group short-term disability and long-term disability insurance sales hard in the first half of the year.
September 29, 2010
PPACA: Republicans Take Poke at Grandfather RegsThe Republicans today drew attention to their distaste for the Affordable Care Act by forcing a vote on Senate Joint Resolution 39, a measure that could have killed a set of act implementation regulations.
September 29, 2010
Towns Seeks GAO RAA ProbeRep. Edolphus Towns is asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office to look at use of retained asset accounts at the federal employees' group life plan.
September 29, 2010
HHS Inspector General OKs Medigap Hospital Network IncentiveA watchdog agency says a Medicare supplement insurer can use a $100 premium credit to reward enrollees who stay at hospitals in a preferred hospital network.
September 29, 2010
PPACA: States Scramble to Save Child-Only PoliciesMany states are adopting special open-enrollment periods in an effort to keep new Affordable Care Act rules from chasing carriers from the child-only health insurance market.
September 29, 2010
Don't ask, don't sell"Denial" is more than just a river in Egypt. It also appears to be a state in America. Yes, millions of Americans are living in a state of denial