Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Brooks: Life Settlement Bill To Return In Empire State
By Trevor ThomasNew York lawmakers likely will introduce a revised version of a life settlement regulation bill that failed to become law in 2008.
February 25, 2009
Obama takes on health care reform - a top concern for boomersPrivate health spending growth is projected to hit a 15-year low as the economic downturn will reduce the amount of private health insurance coverage, according...
February 25, 2009
Indexed annuities could see record yearFourth-quarter 2008 indexed annuity sales were up 12.7 percent from the same period in the prior year, according to AnnuitySpecs.com, whose 46th edition of the...
February 25, 2009
Index Life's Status More Uncertain Than EverThe Securities and Exchange Commission, in adopting Rule 151A, may have clarified the status of index annuities, but it also made the status of index life insurance more uncertain than ever...
February 25, 2009
Vel?zquez: Save Small Firm Retirement PlansCongress should consider creative ways to help small business owners keep pension plans and retirement savings plans going, a lawmaker says.
February 25, 2009
Marra To Leave HartfordThomas Marra will be retiring from his post as president of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. July 3, the company says.
February 25, 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 25, 2009
Fed Chief Backs OFC ConceptFederal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke told House members today that it would be a "useful idea" to create a federal charter option for insurance companies, "particularly for large, systemically critical insurance companies."