Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Listen Up: Why Hearing Benefits Matter
By Erich SternbergMany companies include dental and vision benefits in their employee benefits packages but underestimate the value of hearing benefits. A few insurance providers are leading ...
August 17, 2008
With So Many Choices, Why Do Boomers Choose Annuities?With the choppy economy and annuity critics seemingly popping out of the woodwork, what motivates boomers buy annuities?After all, there are plenty of choices--bank certificates ...
August 17, 2008
Conseco Seeks To Get Closed LTC Block Off Its BooksConseco Inc. took a major step toward freeing itself of a troubling line of business last week when it announced plans to unload most of ...
August 17, 2008
Changes In The Wind For CI Insurance In The U.S.Stand-alone, acceleration and riders are the 3 critical illness insurance designs that prevail in the United States market. Here is a recap, and also a ...
August 17, 2008
With So Many Choices, Why Do Boomers Choose Annuities?With the choppy economy and annuity critics seemingly popping out of the woodwork, what motivates boomers buy annuities?After all, there are plenty of choices--bank certificates ...
August 17, 2008
Conseco Seeks To Get Closed LTC Block Off Its BooksConseco Inc. took a major step toward freeing itself of a troubling line of business last week when it announced plans to unload most of ...
August 17, 2008
Court Backs Mutual Policyholders Who Get Stock In ConversionsThe Internal Revenue Service inappropriately requires policyholders who receive stock in a mutual-to-stock conversion to pay taxes on the proceeds when the stock is sold, ...
August 17, 2008
NAIC Releases Receivership, State DataState insurance regulators are releasing 2 kinds of data: receivership statistics and information on state insurance department resources, according to the National Association of Insurance ...