Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Retirement issues on voters' minds
By Staff WriterAmerican politicians will do well to concern themselves with retirement issues if the want to retain or gain office, according to the results of a poll from Americans for Secure Retirement.ASR, which advocates tax breaks for annuity owners, found
April 15, 2008
Midwestern Carrier Chooses Health Management VendorWellmark Inc. has hired the Health & Wellness Institute L.L.C. to run on-site and community-based worksite wellness programs for at least 3 years.Wellmark, Des Moines, ...
April 15, 2008
Medica To Run Own Disease Management ProgramA Minnesota health insurer says it will be taking member health improvement efforts in-house.Medica Health Plans, Minnetonka, Minn., says it will replace existing health management ...
April 15, 2008
House Passes Tax Bill With HSA Expense ProvisionMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives today voted 238-179 to pass H.R. 5719, a tax package that could set expense substantiation requirements for health ...
April 15, 2008
Disability Insurer Completes Claims Reassessment ProcessUnum Group Corp. has paid about $676 million in extra benefits to claimants in connection with a review of past claims decisions, officials say.Unum, Chattanooga, ...
April 15, 2008
Disability Insurer Completes Claims Reassessment ProcessUnum Group Corp. has paid about $676 million in extra benefits to claimants in connection with a review of past claims decisions, officials say.Unum, Chattanooga, ...
April 14, 2008
Companies renew ethics membershipThe insurance marketplace Standards Association, a standards-setting organization for the life, annuity and long term care insurance marketplace, has announced that several Prudential companies have qualified to renew their IMSA memberships.
April 14, 2008
Term premiums fall, others levelConsumers have seen premiums for term life insurance fall for the last decade or more, fueled by longer life expectancies and, according to the Insurance Information Institute, decreasing death rates in the 25-to-44 age group. While term rates will