Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
HHS Seeks Wellness Program Advice
By Staff WriterThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is asking for public comments on its Healthy People 2010 initiative.Since 1979, HHS has been organizing the ...
August 07, 2008
BLS: Health Take-Up RisesPenetration of group health insurance seems to be holding steady, and the likelihood that workers will take up health coverage may be increasing.Researchers at the ...
August 07, 2008
Firm Sees Double-Digit Health IncreaseAverage annual premiums for health coverage have risen 10% this year, to more than $9,000 per employee.C&B Consulting, a division of Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., ...
August 06, 2008
Cost vs. (living) benefitsAre annuity living benefits priced appropriately or still too expensive for the guarantees they offer?
August 06, 2008
BLS: 75 Plus Employment SoarsThe number of workers ages 75 and older increased 172% between 1977 and 2007.Researchers at the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics have published that finding ...
August 06, 2008
Eastbridge: Critical Illness Still TantalizesDespite past disappointments, carriers continue to predict that critical illness insurance will be one of the top worksite growth products.Critical illness sales were 12% lower ...
August 06, 2008
Agencies Hope To Permit Pension Plan Deals (Updated)The Bush administration wants Congress to let employers transfer pension plans through sales and other types of transactions.The U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Labor Department, ...
August 05, 2008
Feature: How does engaging in life settlements benefit agents and advisors?For all the talk surrounding the growth of the secondary market for life insurance policies, the question remains: how would engaging in life settlements benefit an agent or advisor?