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Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Interstate Compact Adds 2 States
By Staff WriterLouisiana and South Carolina have joined the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission officials announced Monday.The additions mean that the IIPRC, ...
June 24, 2008
Banks, Insurers Are Happier TogetherResearchers conclude in a new study that life insurers and banks are working together more smoothly but still need to improve their product distribution efforts.The ...
June 23, 2008
Study targets Hispanic Boomers' view on health care, finance and consumerismProminent culture gaps continue to emerge within the boomer market. A new Focalyst study concludes there are "significant differences" between Hispanic Boomers' and the general...
June 23, 2008
Father knows best?51%: Percentage of boomers who think their parents are satisfied with their retirement. 37%: Percentage of boomers who feel they would be satisfied with a retirement similar to their parents'. 77%: Percentage of retired parents who ar
June 23, 2008
Study: Health Tech Funding Stumps GurusMedical research worries some of the experts who will be helping 20 developed nations care for aging populations.Health industry consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., New ...
June 23, 2008
Insurer Settles Broker Comp InvestigationA large benefits company has settled with federal agencies that were looking into broker compensation arrangements, officials say.Unum Group Corp, Chattanooga, Tenn., has entered into ...
June 23, 2008
IRS Lets China Quake Victims Exclude DonationsThe Internal Revenue Service says employer-sponsored private foundations can treat the recent catastrophic earthquake in China as a "qualified disaster."The decision, announced in IRS Notice ...
June 23, 2008
Assurant Health Adds Deductible IncentiveA health insurer will be trying to use plan design to reward insureds who stay healthy.Assurant Health, Milwaukee, a unit of Assurant Inc., New York, ...