Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
HSA Plans Take Off
By Staff WriterEnrollment in high-deductible health plans that are compatible with health savings accounts has increased 31% in the past year, to 8 million.
May 13, 2009
Plan Members Keep CoolFew 401(k) plan participants stopped making contributions in 2008, and the average participation contribution rate was higher in 2008 than in 2007.
May 13, 2009
Protective Life Units ExpandA life insurer is trying to reach out to distributors by expanding its own sales and marketing organization.
May 13, 2009
IFEBP: Crisis Hits PlansThe situation at U.S. defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans may have deteriorated sharply in just 6 months.
May 13, 2009
LSS Seeks Success StoriesLife Settlement Solutions Inc. is inviting producers to tell it about how they have used life settlements to help clients.
May 13, 2009
Social Security's underfunding - what does it mean for boomers?Social Security trust fund reserves are supposed to be dry by 2037, according to a report released Tuesday by The Social Security Board of Trustees....
May 12, 2009
Obama Floats Trial BalloonsOffice of Management and Budget officials have salted the latest edition of Analytical Perspectives with many ideas for increasing tax revenue and cutting tax expenditures.
May 12, 2009
Health Tax Break Draws FireSen. Max Baucus and several witnesses talked today about the possibility of Congress limiting the current federal income tax exclusion for group health coverage.