Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
PPACA: Panel Plans Health Fraud Reporting Tool
By Allison BellA panel at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is trying to come up with a version of the Online Fraud Reporting System that suits the needs of private health insurers.
July 26, 2010
Need New Producers? Consider Some Unconventional ChannelsAs the independent channel for life insurance product expands, market-watchers are questioning whether the channel's main distributors--brokerage general agencies--will be able to continually replenish and grow their ranks with new producers.
July 26, 2010
NCOIL Advances Life Settlement Disclosure ModelA group of state lawmakers is proposing imposing a requirement on life insurers to tell policy owners that life settlements are an alternative to surrendering their policies.
July 26, 2010
Are Life Insurance-LTC Combos Really A Good Deal?Life insurance policies sold with long term care riders are generally marketed to people around age 60 as an answer to long term care concerns.
July 26, 2010
NAIC Staff: Life RBC Levels ImproveFewer than 3% of life insurers faced regulatory action in 2009 as a result of low risk-based capital levels.
July 26, 2010
GAO Report Identifies Life Settlement RisksThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report determining that regulatory inconsistencies governing life settlements pose a number of risks for consumers and brokers.
July 26, 2010
MLR Caps Still a Big IssueAugust will be a crucial month for insurance agents seeking to preserve their relatively large commissions on the sale of small health insurance policies.
July 26, 2010
4 Steps to Generating Quality Medicare LeadsUse these easy steps for high-performance Medicare lead generation.