Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Proposed Products Will Spread Guarantees And Raise Questions
By Joan E. BorosOne word sums up the current core features of today's variable annuities: "guarantees."The guarantees attach under a variety of riders: guaranteed accumulation benefits, guaranteed minimum ...
November 18, 2007
NCOIL Forges Life Settlement ModelSeveral recommendations that life insurers consider important in the development of a revision of a life settlements model act failed to be approved during a ...
November 18, 2007
Helping Clients Through The Thickets Of The Own-Occ DefinitionFrom the perspective of a disability insurance claims consultant and an expert witness for inappropriately denied claims, it seems as if the number of denied ...
November 18, 2007
Education--The Challenge In Consumer-Directed Health CareConsumer-directed health plans are the new kids on the benefits block, and data on their long-term appeal and influence are just starting to come in.But ...
November 18, 2007
Proposed Products Will Spread Guarantees And Raise QuestionsOne word sums up the current core features of today's variable annuities: "guarantees."The guarantees attach under a variety of riders: guaranteed accumulation benefits, guaranteed minimum ...
November 18, 2007
Estate Tax Repeal Battle Heats Up--AgainA Senate Finance Committee hearing brought together parties on both sides of the issue of repealing the estate tax.Some witnesses at the Nov. 14 hearing ...
November 18, 2007
Senate LTC Bill Provides Above-The-Line DeductionFive U.S. senators have joined to sponsor bipartisan legislation that would provide an above-the-line deduction for long term care insurance premiums through cafeteria plans.Introduction of ...
November 18, 2007
Estate Tax Repeal Battle Heats Up--AgainA Senate Finance Committee hearing brought together parties on both sides of the issue of repealing the estate tax.Some witnesses at the Nov. 14 hearing ...