Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Advisory Firm Weighs In On Proxy Battle
By Warren S. HerschA proxy advisory service is supporting the efforts of most of a Northeastern life insurer's directors to keep the insurer's former chief executive officer from replacing them.
January 11, 2010
Insurer Targets Mass AffluentA big insurer has created a 4-step strategy for helping producers address the financial and estate concerns of the mass affluent.
January 11, 2010
Creating a realistic cost awareness in marketing final expense insuranceThe final expense market will only become more prevalent as seniors become a larger market demographic and as many American's personal savings stop growing or begin to dwindle down.
January 11, 2010
Feature: Experts see a happy year for settlementsMore regulatory scrutiny, higher consumer awareness and a return of buyers to the market are likely developments for the life settlement business this year, according to industry experts.
January 10, 2010
Texas: Hold Off On Filing Forms With Discretionary ClausesThe Texas Department of Insurance is considering the possibility of adopting a rule that would prohibit the use of discretionary clauses in life, accident and health insurance policy forms.
January 08, 2010
Nelson On Health Bill Provision: You Misunderstood MeA Senate health bill provision that would shield Nebraska from having to pay to expand Medicaid programs in other states is a "placeholder" to be used to ensure that all states are treated fairly, according to Sen. Ben Nelson.
January 08, 2010
HELP Aide: CLASS Could Create LTC Supplement MarketThe proposed Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act, part of the House and Senate versions of the health bill, could create opportunities for private insurers to sell products that would wrap around government plan benefits.
January 08, 2010
Illinois Mandates Health Care Claim ReviewIllinois has enacted a law that will give residents the ability to appeal health insurance claim denials.