Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
LIFE Foundation announces awareness campaign coinciding with Valentine's Day
By Staff WriterPeople buy life insurance to financially protect those they love. Subtract love, and there is little incentive to sign that life insurance contract.
January 12, 2010
Tax Panel: Health Deduction Is ExpensiveLetting employers exclude contributions for health care and health insurance premiums from taxable income is about as expensive as the major health bills now under consideration in Congress.
January 12, 2010
CBO Analyzes Cost Of "Bronze Plans"Individuals might have to pay $4,500 to $5,000 per year to buy enough insurance to meet minimum Senate health bill coverage requirements, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
January 12, 2010
Texas Lawmakers, Producers Clash Over Insurance Exchange SystemThe 11 Democrats who represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives want the final version of the health bill to create a single, national health insurance exchange.
January 12, 2010
EBSA Posts More COBRA Subsidy Extension GuidanceThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has answered more questions about the move to extend the federal health benefits continuation subsidy program until Feb. 28.
January 12, 2010
Rating Agency Cuts Health Carrier RatingsA rating agency says it has downgraded a Midwestern health carrier partly because of concerns about the possible effects of health reform.
January 12, 2010
Texas Settlement Firm Reports Higher IncomeLife Partners Holdings Inc. says net income increased to $8.4 million for the quarter that ended Nov. 30, 2009, up 16% from $7.3 million for the comparable quarter in 2008.
January 12, 2010
LIFE Seeks 3-Hanky AnecdotesAn insurance education group is getting ready to showcase another batch of stories about how life, disability, long term care and health insurance make a difference in people's lives.