Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Estate Tax Uncertainty Makes Life Insurance Even More Necessary
By Norse N. Blazzard, Judith A. HasenauerAs insurance professionals know, federal estate taxes will recommence on January 1, 2011, ending nearly a decade of confusion regarding their future.
April 02, 2010
Mass. Rebuffs Most Health Care Rate HikesThe Massachusetts Division of Insurance has rejected 235 of 274 rate increases proposed by health insurers for small groups.
April 02, 2010
SOA: Many Still Fail To Plan For RetirementMany Americans say they are concerned about their retirement but have done little about planning for the future, a new study by the Society of Actuaries finds.
April 02, 2010
S&P Upgrades Some AIG RatingsStandard & Poor's has upgraded American International Group Inc.'s long-term counterparty credit rating and raised its standard-alone credit profile five notches.
April 02, 2010
AIA Sees Progress In International Equivalency TalksEuropean insurance regulators are making progress in developing an suitable approach to be used in determining whether the European and U.S. regulatory systems are equivalent, according to the American Insurance Association.
April 02, 2010
S&P Upgrades Some AIG RatingsStandard & Poor's has upgraded American International Group Inc.'s long-term counterparty credit rating and raised its standard-alone credit profile five notches.
April 02, 2010
Personnel Changes: New York Life, Principal, OthersNew York Life Insurance Company has promoted Michael Gordon to be the senior vice president in charge of a new Agency-Life Operations organization.
April 02, 2010
Hartford Financial to Restructure Businesses, Focus on Wealth ManagementInsurance company to create three new units