Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
MIB: Buyers Submit Fewer Applications
By Staff WriterU.S. life insurers may have received fewer requests for individual coverage in January than they did in January 2007.The MIB Group Inc., Braintree, Mass., says ...
March 08, 2008
Variable Life Sales In 2007 Soared 19.2% Over 2006 ResultsVariable life insurance sales with single premiums included at 10% for the 38 companies reporting in the VALUE survey for the 4th quarter of 2007 were $802.7 million...
March 07, 2008
Carrier Adds Group Disability School SessionsHartford Life has added Boston, Chicago and Dallas to the 2008 schedule for the Vault program.Hartford Life, Simsbury, Conn., a unit of Hartford Financial Services ...
March 07, 2008
Quiz question: average age for settlementsWhat is the current average age of the insured for life settlements?
March 07, 2008
Ask the expert: settle or do a 1035 exchange?am considering a 1035 exchange for a 72-year-old client who has a $1 million universal life policy that is not performing well based on current expectations.
March 07, 2008
Feature: due diligence is crucial part of any life settlement transactionGiven the relatively young age of the secondary market for life insurance policies, conducting due diligence is an especially important part of any transaction...
March 07, 2008
Guardian Unit Updates Student DI ProgramBerkshire Life Insurance Company of America has tweaked its "special limits for young professionals" disability insurance program.The program permits students seeking medical degrees, dental degrees ...
March 07, 2008
Washington State Gets Limited Benefit ProductSymetra Life Insurance Company has started selling a group indemnity health insurance policy in Washington state.The Select Benefits limited benefits policy makes fixed payments to ...