Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Five practical reasons not to retire
By Staff WriterThere are almost as many reasons to keep working as there are to retire.
December 29, 2009
Run over by Reid's ReindeerDisgusting, deceitful, sleazy, shameful ...use any adjective you like. Unfortunately, the most accurate is usual, as in "politics as usual." Seems Sen. Ben Nelson's principled...
December 29, 2009
Florida Regulator Settles With Military Insurers (corrected)The Florida Office of Insurance announced it has entered into consent agreements with 2 insurers settling charges over life insurance policies told to military personnel.
December 29, 2009
LTC Insurance Costs Up Slightly: StudyPremiums for long term care insurance rose about 2% to $723 a year for a base plan for a 55-year-old married individual, according to a study by the American Association for Long Term Care Insurance.
December 29, 2009
Loss Ratios Key To Health Insurance EarningsInsurance agents and brokers should focus on the medical loss ratio decided on by Congress during upcoming negotiations over final healthcare delivery system reform legislation, an expert says.
December 28, 2009
MetLife: Large Employers Hungry For Health Legislation AdviceBenefits buyers at big companies are depending on their benefits advisors to help them understand congressional health care reform efforts.
December 28, 2009
EBSA Posts COBRA Subsidy Extension Fact SheetThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has released a batch of answers to questions about the new benefits continuation subsidy extension.
December 28, 2009
Income planning outlook for 2010: Prudence now rulesWhat is ahead for income plans as 2010 unfolds? Advisors offer many ideas and considerations, and prudence rules.