Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
More States Regulated Life Settlements In 2009
By Trevor ThomasThe secondary market for life insurance caught a good deal of attention in 2009 from legislatures, regulators and the news media.
December 21, 2009
3Q Variable Life Sales Fell 4.2% From 2Q ResultsVariable life insurance sales with single premiums included at 10% for the 35 companies reporting in the VALUE survey for the third quarter of 2009 were $292.1 million.
December 21, 2009
The Economy Took A Toll On HealthThe H1N1 influenza is the wild card on the list of the year's top stories in the health, disability and group benefits markets.
December 21, 2009
ACLI: Study Shows CLASS Act Won't WorkThe American Council of Life Insurers is pointing to a new study by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as confirming its view that a long term care entitlement program contained in the latest Senate health care reform package won't work.
December 21, 2009
It Was A Rocky Ride For Life InsuranceBusiness as usual may have felt anything but normal in 2009.
December 21, 2009
Susan Waring is first woman inducted into The American College Alumni Hall of FameSusan D. Waring, CLU, ChFC, recently became the first woman to ever be inducted into The American College's Alumni Hall of Fame.
December 21, 2009
LTC Saw Some 'Out-Of-The-Box' Thinking But Change Came SlowlyIn 2009 there has been a relative flurry of new product innovation and development in long term care insurance.
December 21, 2009
Highline Data: Health Profits FalterU.S. health insurers faced a drop in underwriting gains and net income during the first 3 quarters of 2009.