Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
USAble Extends Benefits Tech Contract
By staff WriterUSAble Life has extended a software agreement with Benefitfocus.com Inc. until 2013.
September 23, 2009
N.Y. Life: Protection Plans ShakyMany U.S. families have only a vague idea of how they would cope if the breadwinner died.
September 23, 2009
University Adds Funeral Plan (CORRECTED)The University of Pennsylvania has added funeral assistance services to its employee benefits lineup.
September 23, 2009
Lord Abbett Taps HartfordLord Abbett & Company L.L.C. has agreed to encourage small employers that use its 401(k) plan services to shift to Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
September 23, 2009
Panel Debates Gag RuleMembers of the Senate Finance Committee today voted 10-13 to kill a proposed amendment that could have protected health plans' right to share views on legislation with enrollees.
September 23, 2009
Mike Masterson named CEO of Sammons Enterprises, Inc.Sammons Enterprises, Inc., Dallas, has appointed Mike Masterson as chief executive officer of Sammons Enterprises.
September 23, 2009
Life Companies Report GainsThe total net gain from operations at the biggest U.S. life insurers rose to $36 billion in the second quarter, up 31% from the total for the second quarter of 2008, according to the Highline Data Performance Monitor.
September 23, 2009
LIAM to the rescue?I sure hope Life Insurance Awareness Month accomplishes its intended mission. This year it is perhaps more important than ever, as the industry tries to climb out of a hole created by a disastrous first half of 2009.