Life Insurance
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By John SullivanWhy are insurance companies on board with Obamacare, but did all they could to defeat Hillarycare back in 1993? The obvious (yet incorrect) answer is...
June 11, 2009
LIMRA survey: Older consumers don't know enough about retirement income productsThirty percent of older consumers have a negative attitude toward annuities, and twice that - 60 percent - say their knowledge about investments is "subpar."...
June 11, 2009
Boomers to blameWhen bad things happen, we look for someone -- anyone -- to blame. As Newsweek rightly notes (we don't say that very often), there is...
June 11, 2009
Underwriting Excels When You Know Your CompetitionThe Laser Underwriting approach will help with speed and accuracy for a quote on a higher risk case because the staff underwriter will keep the possibility of a competing company in mind while assessing the risk.
June 10, 2009
Player Enters Absence ArenaStandard Insurance Company has launched a new absence management services program.
June 10, 2009
Single-Payer Takes SpotlightRep. John Conyers Jr. today appeared before a House panel to promote a bill that would create a single-payer health care option.
June 10, 2009
Parity Comments Pour InThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has posted 402 comments regarding implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.