Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Dueling Bills Both Make Cuts To Medicare Advantage Program
By Arthur D. PostalThe two top members of the Senate Finance Committee have introduced competing bills that would make significant cuts in the Medicare Advantage program and at ...
June 15, 2008
Long Term Care Insurance Premiums Rose 4% Over 2007, Survey ShowsA 55-year-old considering long term care insurance can expect to pay $709 per year for each spouse if married or $1,095 for an individual policy, ...
June 15, 2008
Medicare Advantage Growth Faces New HurdlesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently proposed a series of new marketing and sales rules for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug plans. The ...
June 15, 2008
1Q 2008 Index Product Sales Decline From 2007's 4QSales of index annuities and index life insurance fell in the 1st quarter of 2008 compared to the previous quarter, according to figures from AnnuitySpecs.com, ...
June 15, 2008
Long Term Care Insurance Premiums Rose 4% Over 2007, Survey ShowsA 55-year-old considering long term care insurance can expect to pay $709 per year for each spouse if married or $1,095 for an individual policy, ...
June 15, 2008
Sell The Need, Not The HypeSome very dangerous marketing strategies for selling life insurance have emerged in recent times. They include stranger-originated life insurance, equity-stripping and "hyperfunded" or "turbocharged" insurance.These ...
June 15, 2008
Sell The Need, Not The HypeSome very dangerous marketing strategies for selling life insurance have emerged in recent times. They include stranger-originated life insurance, equity-stripping and "hyperfunded" or "turbocharged" insurance.These ...
June 15, 2008
1Q 2008 Index Product Sales Decline From 2007's 4QSales of index annuities and index life insurance fell in the 1st quarter of 2008 compared to the previous quarter, according to figures from AnnuitySpecs.com, ...