Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Consultants Find Strong EAP, Wellness Demand
By Staff WriterWorkers are trying to use employer-sponsored employee assistance program and wellness services to help them survive the economic downturn, human resources consultants say.
March 17, 2009
IIPRC Approves 3 StandardsMembers of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission have adopted 3 uniform standards for annuity and life insurance benefit features.
March 17, 2009
Middle-Income Survey: Savings Down, Confidence UnchangedThe recession has caused 39% of Americans to save less for their golden years, say the authors of a new retirement survey report.
March 17, 2009
Cuomo Describes Bonuses; Lawmakers ReactNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says American International Group Inc. recently paid bonuses of $1 million or more to 73 employees, including 11 who longer work for the company.
March 16, 2009
As Storm Howls, DI Industry Keeps Moving ForwardThe disability insurance industry has been advancing this year like a tortoise in a hurricane.
March 16, 2009
Benefits Software Firms Melds ProductsVertafore Inc. has combined the ClientConnect system with its BenefitPoint benefits distribution system.
March 16, 2009
Change in premiums0.4%: Percent decline in net written insurance premiums in 2007. 91.8%: Percent drop in net after-tax income in the first nine months of 2008. $300 billion: Amount insurers contribute to the nation's annual gross domestic product.
March 16, 2009
MassMutual To Launch TPA EffortThe retirement services division at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is about to roll out an expanded effort court third-party administrators.