Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Insights Of An Advanced Sales Attorney
By David SzeremetAs an advanced sales attorney, one of my primary responsibilities is estate analysis. In a nutshell, estate analysis is the process of reviewing a client's existing estate plan, performing a hypothetical probate and projecting tax exposure.
December 07, 2009
Health Net Subsidiaries Add Arizona ProductsHealth insurance affiliates have added 4 high-deductible preferred provider organization plans aimed at individuals and families living in the Grand Canyon State.
December 07, 2009
Hartford: Consumers Less Confident About RetirementNew research shows that consumers are more nervous about retirement costs- but that active efforts to plan relieve some of the anxiety.
December 07, 2009
ECFC: Cadillac Plan Tax May Have Broad ImpactThe "high-cost plan excise tax" in the Senate health bill could crowd vision, dental and specified disease insurance products out of benefits packages, according to the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation.
December 07, 2009
Broker Support Group Chooses Global Benefits PartnerThe Benefit Advisors Network will be encouraging member benefits firms to work with Global Benefit Associates of California on international benefits matters.
December 07, 2009
ACLI, AHIP See Sun Rise In JapanInsurance groups in the United States and elsewhere are hoping that Japan will change the privatization of Japan Post Insurance to be more to their liking.
December 07, 2009
NAIC Releases Health Policy Rescission Data DraftBetween 2004 and 2008, insurers rescinded 1,464 health policies or certificates based on conditions that were not diagnosed before the insureds applied for coverage.
December 07, 2009
Senate Pushes Ahead With Health Bill DebateMembers of the Senate today added a consumer information amendment to H.R. 3590, the Senate health bill, but they rejected a proposed amendment that would have required any Medicare program savings to be used to shore up Medicare.