Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Big Insurance Losses Worldwide, as More Than 2 Million Homes Are Affected
By Marlene Y. SatterAccording to the "Monthly Recap Report" from Aon subsidiary Aon Benfield, the month of August was a tough one throughout the world, as fires, heat waves, flooding, monsoons, and storms took their toll.
September 03, 2010
Personnel Changes: Penn Mutual, CIGNA, Securian, ING, Hartford, PresidentialPenn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Horsham, Pa., has hired Timothy Thompson to be manager of the Dougherty Agency's new office.
September 02, 2010
Life Settlements Shaped by Regulation, Underwriting, MarketsAlthough they took a hit from the recession and from factors endemic to a relatively young product, life settlements are on their way back up, according to stories from NU Online News Service.
September 02, 2010
PPACA: Health Tax Issue Headed for SenateThe Senate is expected to take up as early as the week of Sept. 13 changes to the to the health care reform law designed to limit a stringent tax-reporting mandate.
September 02, 2010
Employers Unsure of PPACA Impact: Colonial LifeAlmost half of employers say they are unsure what impact health care reform would have on the benefit coverage they offer in the next five years, according to a recent survey by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.
September 02, 2010
Term Policies Still Priced Low: AgencyLife insurance rates have been edging upward for the past 24 months but are still affordable, an online life insurance agency says.
September 02, 2010
Employers Unsure of PPACA Impact: Colonial LifeAlmost half of employers say they are unsure what impact health care reform would have on the benefit coverage they offer in the next five years, according to a recent survey by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.
September 02, 2010
AALU Speaks Up on Fiduciary IssueOversight of insurance professionals when selling insurance products registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission is different than for other types of security products, the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting says.