Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Transamerica Rolls Out Fund Platform For Retirement Units
By Staff WriterA new retirement plan mutual fund platform can give sponsors with a minimum of $1 million in plan assets access to 300 funds from 35 families.
November 20, 2009
GettingHired To Launch Return-To-Work ServiceA firm that helps people with disabilities find employers wants to help disability and workers' compensation claimants.
November 20, 2009
Recession Slams SSDI Claims SystemRising unemployment rates and state budget cuts are threatening to make Social Security Disability Insurance program application backlogs even worse than they are today.
November 20, 2009
Third-Quarter Stats Pour InLife insurers had success with selling indexed annuities and whole life in the third quarter, but a tougher time with variable annuities and variable life products.
November 20, 2009
House Takes Back Medicare Provider Rate CutMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives have voted 243-183 for H.R. 3962, a bill that would repeal a 21% Medicare physician fee reduction that is set to take effect in January 2010.
November 19, 2009
Ask the expert: When does the five-year Roth clock stop ticking?This answers the question: When does the five-year Roth IRAclock stop ticking, after which time the Roth IRA owner can take distributions income tax-free?
November 19, 2009
PBGC: Some Firms Enrich Execs, Shaft Pension PlansCorporate sponsors of 10 underfunded pension plans paid 40 executives a total of $350 million before dumping responsibility for the plans on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
November 19, 2009
New York Passes Settlement BillThe New York legislature has passed S. 66009, a life settlement regulation bill.