Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Insurers To Poizner: You're Not Hillary Clinton
By Daniel HaysFive insurance trade groups have filed a petition asking California officials to review whether Stephen Poizner, the state insurance commissioner, has created "illegal underground regulations" concerning Iranian investments.
March 29, 2010
Hacker Pursues Health Insurer Marketing BusinessA firm that specializes in digital and direct marketing has started a division that caters to health insurers.
March 29, 2010
House Panel To Look At Part D ControversyThe House Energy and Commerce Committee's oversight subcommittee plans to hold a hearing April 21 on a change in the rules governing subsidies for retiree prescription benefits programs.
March 29, 2010
VA Offers Death Benefit And GMWB As Standard FeaturesING Financial Solutions is marketing a new variable annuity that has one death benefit and a minimum guaranteed withdrawal benefit as standard features.
March 29, 2010
Interested Parties Start To Read PPACA, Find Surprises (Updated)Insurer executives, congressional staffers, lobbyists, lawyers, consumer activists and others are starting to pore over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of Congress and a sister measure.
March 29, 2010
FIA Fly-In: Participants May Have Signed 15 New CosponsorsThe producers and others who went to Washington earlier this month to support a bill that would define fixed indexed annuities as insurance products may have lined up about 15 new cosponsors in the House.
March 29, 2010
NAIC Acts On Annuity Suitability, Contract ResalesThe National Association of Insurance Commission has revised an annuity consumer protection model and announced plans to hold hearings on the growing secondary market for annuities.