Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Court Rules On Hardt Vs. Reliance Standard
By Arthur D. PostalA party to an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit may be able to collect attorney's fees from the other side without winning the case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in a 9-0 decision.
May 23, 2010
Ask the expert: What to know about overseas buyers?This article answers the question: How can I respond effectively to life settlement clients who are are concerned about having overseas buyers purchase their life policy?
May 21, 2010
Aetna Foundation Backs Brookings Institution ProjectImproving the way Americans buy health care will be the focus of a new think tank research study.
May 21, 2010
Disability News: IDIS Meeting; Checkoway Claims BookAllan Checkoway has published "Getting Paid," an electronic book about U.S. private and public disability claim determination programs.
May 21, 2010
Tech Bits: Ingenix, Top Down, BridgelineIngenix has introduced the Ingenix TrendView employee medical costs analysis system.
May 21, 2010
NAIFA Welcomes H.R. 4173 Fiduciary Standard LanguageThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors says it is happy with the final standard-of-care provision in the Senate's version of H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
May 21, 2010
IHC: Stop-Loss Can Survive PPACASelf-funded employer health plans should continue to be popular during the age of the Affordable Care Act, according to an Independence Holding Company executive.
May 21, 2010
Officials: Many Children In Medicaid Go Without ScreeningsMedicaid programs in 9 states failed to verify whether 41% of the children in the programs had received any of the required health screenings during a 1-year study period.