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
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.
June 10, 2010
Golden Rule To Take American Community InsuredsA unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. has agreed to provide health coverage for 42,000 policyholders who have American Community Mutual Insurance Company individual medical coverage.
June 10, 2010
CIGNA To Withdraw From Medicare Private FFS MarketA large carrier has decided to stop selling Medicare Advantage private fee-for-service plans in 2011.
June 10, 2010
ACA: Empire State Adopts Health Rate LawThe New York State Insurance Department now has the authority to review and approve health premium increases before they are implemented by carriers.
June 10, 2010
CSC Introduces All-Purpose SoftwareComputer Sciences Corp. has unveiled the Integral family of insurance company software products.