Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
House: Keep The Health Bill Antitrust Repeal Provision
By Arthur D. PostalHouse Democrats are insisting that the final version of the health bill include a provision taking the McCarran Ferguson Act antitrust exemption away from health and medical liability insurers.
January 06, 2010
Mixed blessingsThe news is mixed this week -- some Barron's folks think that we are in for a tough slog in 2010, and this opinion is echoed separately by the latest news from Allianz PIMCO's Bill Gross and Mohamed El-Erian
January 06, 2010
The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers and the Web, Part 1: Who is online and what are they doing?How many of your boomer or Silent Generation clients are online? Based on data published by the Pew Research Center, the answer is: A lot!
January 06, 2010
Law Firm Courts Shareholders Of N.Y. InsurerA law firm is looking into the possibility of helping shareholders of a Northeastern insurer sue the company.
January 06, 2010
Murphy To Lead SBLI USAEvelyn Murphy, a former Massachusetts lieutenant governor, is the new chair of the board of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company.
January 06, 2010
Hub Scoops Up Wescom Life BusinessA large insurance broker is using an acquisition to expand its share of the Anaheim, Calif., market for life and health coverage.
January 06, 2010
Disability insurance: Claim deniedIt's a fact that disability income insurance (DI) claims have increased dramatically over the last several years, along with a disproportionate number of inappropriate denials.
January 06, 2010
New York Life: Stability CountsA giant mutual life insurer is rolling out a print advertising campaign that promotes the long-term guarantees provided by whole life insurance.