Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Change in premiums
By Staff Writer0.4%: 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
Worksite Carrier Adds Dependent OptionAssurant Employee Benefits is making a new feature available with voluntary life policies.
March 16, 2009
Rep To NAIC: Give Insurer DetailsA consumer representative wants insurance department Web sites to provide more information about specific insurers.
March 16, 2009
NAIC Panel To Act On Guaranty DisclosureThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners Annuity Disclosure Working Group is moving forward with efforts to tell consumers more about life and health insurance guaranty fund coverage.
March 16, 2009
Online Tools Project LongevityCompanies have posted Web applications that can help consumers estimate how long they will live.
March 16, 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 16, 2009
Cutting Life Insurance Costs For Budget-Minded ClientsEverywhere, people are cutting back: no more daily Starbucks fixes, frozen entrees for dinner instead of eating out, and lots of movie rentals.
March 16, 2009
Get The Mortality AccurateThe insurance industry is in the business of controlling threats to life. It has invented new mortality gadgets, and now it needs to control them properly despite today's tough times.