Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Support Rises For Antitrust Immunity Repeal
By Arthur D. PostalThere is growing bipartisan support for repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act's antitrust exemption for health insurers as a way to help control health care costs, a healthcare analyst and lawyer said today.
January 22, 2010
MIB: Life Activity IncreasesU.S. life insurers received more requests for individual coverage in December 2009 than they did in December 2008, and activity for older applicants was much stronger.
January 22, 2010
Auto Sign-Up May Boost 401(k) Matches: EBRILarge employers adopting automatic enrollment for their 401(k) plans often seem to increase their matching contribution, a new study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute finds.
January 22, 2010
Life Settlement Bills Considered In N.J., Pa.Legislation to regulate life settlements has been introduced in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
January 22, 2010
Web Site Says Guarantees MatterA large life insurer's new micro Web site is aiming to help consumers understand how their financial needs may have been changed by the recession and how to respond.
January 22, 2010
Tech Bits: Sircon, Aflac, DST, SunGard, Guardian, OthersSircon Corp. has introduced the ProducerEDGE Web-based compliance service.
January 22, 2010
Presidential Life's new Sentinel stands guardIn response to recent economic strains, Presidential Life Insurance Company has reintroduced a deferred benefit fixed annuity. The product, similar to Great Depression-era annuities, was designed as a "wealth preservation" technique.
January 22, 2010
Symetra Launches IPOSymetra Financial Corporation is introducing its initial public offering today.