Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
College Grads Value Health Insurance: Study
By Staff WriterMost new college graduates value having health insurance, according to a new survey.
June 26, 2009
ICI: Drafted House 401(k) bill sets "dangerous precedent"Investment Company Institute (ICI) President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens chided the House Education and Labor Committee's approval this week of a bill requiring full...
June 26, 2009
Conseco Reinsures Over 100,000 PoliciesConseco Inc. says it will reinsure about 104,000 of life insurance policies issued by 2 of its units.
June 26, 2009
New campaign addresses growing women's marketIt's long been known that women play a huge role in the decision-making process regarding financial products, but for many years, companies (and even individual advisors) have continued to treat the business as a male-centered enterprise.
June 26, 2009
Benefit Tweaks Worry WorkersEmployees are worrying about the cost impact of changes that employers have been making to insurance coverage.
June 25, 2009
Turmoil in the Life Insurance IndustryTARP. Obama. Taxes. Are these words changing the face of your life insurance practice? Gov. Frank Keating, president and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers, explains how government changes are affecting your business...
June 25, 2009
Agents fight "grim reaper" stigmaWe recently published a blog titled "(Grim) reaping the benefits of life settlements?" The blog detailed a Slate magazine article that stomped a mud hole in the life settlements industry. Written by a self-proclaimed New York
June 25, 2009
A sorry state of affairsGood to see someone stepping up for boomers. After a commencement season filled with pessimistic speakers bemoaning both the state of the country and the...