Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Feature: is 'shopping' settlement brokers a good idea?
By Matt BradyShopping for better rates is a common practice when purchasing insurance, to the point that one major auto insurer even offers to provide consumers with their competitors' rates.
April 02, 2008
CDA: Fewer Young Workers Prepare For DisabilityOnly abut 43% of workers in their 20s and 30s say they know how they would pay living expenses if they suffered an income-limiting disability.Researchers ...
April 02, 2008
Swiss Re To Enter China TPA MarketA reinsurer hopes to take advantage of opportunities to help cover the health of people in China.Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich, has received permission from Chinese ...
April 02, 2008
WellPoint To Reject Claims For Botched CareA managed care giant says it will refuse to pay hospitals for some types of care associated with serious medical errors.WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis, says it ...
April 02, 2008
Banking Panel Chair Supports Life OFC ConceptSen. Christopher Dodd said Tuesday he would support legislation giving life insurers the option of choosing to be regulated by a federal agency.Dodd, D-Conn., chairman ...
April 02, 2008
Carriers And Doctors Back Physician Tracking StandardsThe National Business Coalition on Health says it has obtained broad support for physician evaluation program principles.The NBCH, Washington, says its new Patient Charter for ...
April 02, 2008
IRS Rules On Split Dollar Arrangement ChangesThe Internal Revenue Service says taxpayers can make some changes to split-dollar life insurance arrangements without triggering "material change" rules.If the parties to an arrangement ...
April 01, 2008
Insurer Launches Life Settlement OperationPhoenix Companies Inc. has entered the life settlement business.Phoenix Life Solutions, a unit formed in 2007, has started buying life insurance policies from owners through ...