Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Boomers bring in big bucks to funeral industry
By Staff WriterLooking forward to a huge boom in their industry, funeral directors are "just sort of waiting for the baby boomers to start dying off." Tara...
October 16, 2008
Life Insurers Offer To Help PaulsonSeveral dozen large U.S. life insurers have written to offer their assistance and any information they can provide to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.The American Council ...
October 16, 2008
Assurant Revamps STD PlanAssurant Employee Benefits is building more flexible qualifying periods into its worksite short-term disability insurance policies.Benefits payments now can begin the first day of an ...
October 16, 2008
Association Promotes Retirement WeekGovernment retirement plan sponsors are gearing up for a major public education campaign.The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators Inc., Lexington, Ky., will be ...
October 16, 2008
MedAmerica Adds Partnership Policy StatesMedAmerica Insurance Company has started selling the Simplicityii long term care insurance policy in Arkansas and Georgia.The Simplicityii LTC policy is compatible with state LTC ...
October 16, 2008
Unum Expands Services For Spanish SpeakersA benefits vendor is beefing up enrollment and claim support for workers who speak Spanish.Unum Group Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn., says it has developed new enrollment ...
October 16, 2008
Group LTD Feature Relies On ADL TriggerLincoln National Corp. will be paying extra benefits to group long-term disability insurance claimants with especially serious disabilities.Lincoln, Philadelphia, says it will be selling a ...
October 16, 2008
Canopy Acquires CareGainOne health account banking technology company is scooping up another health account technology business.Canopy Financial Inc., San Francisco, has acquired CareGain Inc., Plainsboro, N.J., from ...