Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Rating Agency Ranks Insurers
By Staff WriterWeiss Research Inc. finds a number of large life and annuity insurers are in solid financial shape.
June 11, 2010
Insurer To Engage Workers On Disability, WellnessMetLife has introduced a program designed to help companies engage employees in managing their health and potentially to reduce disability-related absences.
June 11, 2010
Rating Agency Ranks InsurersWeiss Research Inc. finds a number of large life and annuity insurers are in solid financial shape.
June 11, 2010
Milliman Sees Pension Funding FallDefined benefit pension plans saw asset decreases of $41 billion and liability increases of $14 billion in May, the steepest decline in pension funding status in almost a year, Milliman Inc., Seattle, reports.
June 11, 2010
UL Rider Can Waive Surrender ChargesPrudential Financial Inc. is offering a rider with its new universal life policy that waives surrender charges if the insured accesses the death benefit upon using hospice or nursing home care.
June 11, 2010
UL Rider Can Waive Surrender ChargesPrudential Financial Inc. is offering a rider with its new universal life policy that waives surrender charges if the insured accesses the death benefit upon using hospice or nursing home care.
June 11, 2010
Weiss Ratings releases list of strongest and weakest life, annuity insurersAmong the 887 U.S. life and annuity insurers covered, 80 insurers, controlling $1.3 trillion, or 26.6% of the industry's assets, are viewed as strong enough to be recommended to consumers.
June 11, 2010
Lawmakers To Confer On Financial ReformA conference panel on financial services legislation will deal with two big insurance issues next week.