Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Ohio Suspends Settlement Data Demand
By Trevor ThomasThe Ohio Department of Insurance today withdrew its call for detailed information about life settlement deals completed by brokers doing business in the state.
February 27, 2009
AIG Announces $62 Billion Loss; Revamps FinancingAmerican International Group Inc. has reported a $62 billion net loss for the fourth quarter of 2008 and also has announced major changes in financing arrangements.
February 26, 2009
CIGNA Updates Service ProgramsAn insurer will be taking customer service inquiries on Saturdays and holidays and letting disability claimants do more over the telephone.
February 26, 2009
MassMutual: Plan Participants Beat MarketThe account balance of the average Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance retirement plan participant fell about 25% between 2007 and 2008.
February 26, 2009
Speakers: Life Settlements Positioned For RecoveryLife settlement brokers said here at the Life Settlement Summit that their business is poised for increased sales, despite the poor economy and recent revisions of mortality tables.
February 26, 2009
IRS Releases COBRA GuidanceThe Internal Revenue Service has posted a collection of answers to frequently asked questions about the new health benefits continuation subsidy.
February 26, 2009
Jury Upholds Lincoln PatentAn insurer has won a legal battle in connection with efforts to protect rights to a computerized method for administering a class of variable annuity features.
February 26, 2009
Guardian Offers New NAWBO DiscountMembers of the National Association of Women Business Owners now can get a 10% association discount on disability insurance products.