Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
NCOIL Marks Up Life Settlement Model
By Jim ConnollyState lawmakers gathered in Chicago Thursday to fine-tune the language of a proposed life settlements model act.Members of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, Troy, ...
October 25, 2007
Hartford Updates Survivorship ProductAn insurer has introduced a new version of a life insurance policy that pays benefits when two spouses or other insureds have died.Hartford Life, Simsbury, ...
October 25, 2007
EBRI: Finances May Be Cutting Use Of Medical CareFears of big out-of-pocket bills may be starting to have a noticeable effect on the way U.S. residents think about buying medical services.Researchers at the ...
October 25, 2007
Investigators Visit Offices Of Government Plan CarrierFederal and state officials have executed a sealed search warrant at the headquarters of a company that runs Medicaid and Medicare plans.WellCare Health Plans Inc., ...
October 25, 2007
LISA Blasts STOLI AlertThe Life Insurance Settlement Association is criticizing a recent industry group warning against "stranger-owned life insurance."The American Council of Life Insurers, Washington, and the National ...
October 25, 2007
Hannover Re Heads To BermudaA European reinsurer is setting up a life reinsurance subsidiary in the Caribbean.Hannover R?ckversicherung A.G. Hannover, Germany, says the new subsidiary, Hannover Life Reassurance Bermuda ...
October 25, 2007
Kohl, Harkin Prepare Retirement Plan Fee BillSen. Herbert Kohl says he intends to introduce a 401(k) plan fee disclosure bill.Kohl, D-Wis., talked about the bill, the Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act, ...
October 25, 2007
Pacific Life And Wellpoint Aid Wildfire EvacueesLife and health insurers are mobilizing to help the 500,000 Southern California residents displaced by the recent outbreak of wildfires.The Pacific Life Foundation, a charity ...