Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Groups To Congress: Start Broad
By Arthur D. PostalFinancial services regulatory reform should include a dedicated, functional federal insurance regulator, according to eight financial services groups.
April 29, 2009
Bags Cut ER VisitsA health insurer has cut emergency room admissions by sending brown paper bags to enrollees who take 5 or more drugs daily for chronic conditions.
April 29, 2009
IRS Eyes Secondary MarketThe Internal Revenue Service and its parent, the Treasury Department, are looking at tax issues related to life settlement transactions.
April 29, 2009
Reaching Women-Owned FirmsThe employee benefits division of American General Life Companies has published a guide aimed at producers who want to sell benefits products to businesses owned by women.
April 29, 2009
Editorial comment: What to do about financial abuse of elders?New report on elder financial abuse is a concern to retirement income planners. what elder financial abuse is, and who does it. It's time to open up discussion about it.
April 29, 2009
NAIBD beefs up programs to meet growing interestIn response to a surge of interest in the independent advisory business, the National Association of Independent Broker/Dealers (NAIBD) says it's bolstering its independent broker/dealer...
April 29, 2009
What About Settlement Buyers?One witness who appeared Wednesday at a life settlement hearing focused on issues of concern to life settlement investors.
April 29, 2009
Rolling the disability diceSeriously concerning. If boomers fall ill and can't work, they'll rely on friends and family, tap savings or use a credit card to get by,...