Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Eastbridge: Career Agents Gain
By Staff WriterEmployee benefits brokers accounted for 44% of worksite sales in 2007, down from 46% in 2006.Researchers from Eastbridge Consulting Group Inc., Avon, Conn., have published ...
July 30, 2008
Milliman: Health Increases May SlowGroup health renewal rates may rise 8.5% for health maintenance organization plans and 9.4% for preferred provider organization plans in 2009.Researchers at Milliman Inc., Seattle, ...
July 30, 2008
SEC To Work With LaborThe staffs of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Employee Benefits Security Administration will be joining in an effort to improve retirement plan ...
July 29, 2008
PBMs Team UpPartners RX Management L.L.C. has agreed to buy some services from another pharmacy benefits manager, Prescription Solutions.Partners RX, Scottsdale, Ariz., will be using mail service ...
July 29, 2008
Japanese Carriers Face VA Guarantee RiskA 30% drop in Japanese stock prices has drawn attention to Japanese life insurers' variable annuity minimum guarantee provisions.Masahiko Miwa, an analyst in the Tokyo ...
July 29, 2008
Earnings: Hartford, MetLife, OthersDespite the recent economic turmoil, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. attracted substantially more retirement plan deposits during the second quarter than it attracted during the ...
July 29, 2008
Panel To Eye Health Tax BreaksThe Senate Finance Committee plans to hold a hearing Thursday on federal health benefits tax incentives.Witnesses scheduled to appear include Jonathan Gruber, associate head of ...
July 29, 2008
FINRA Proposes Illustration ChangesThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has drafted rules that could affect marketers of variable annuity and variable life products.FINRA, Washington, wants to streamline existing rules ...