Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Principal Offers Fiduciary Pile Fighter
By Staff WriterA retirement services vendor has come up with a tool to help retirement plan fiduciaries keep mountains of critical documents from rising up on their ...
October 09, 2007
Conning: Life Settlements Show Strong GrowthLife settlements totaled $6.1 billion in face amount in 2006, up from $5.5 billion in 2005, Conning Research and Consulting Inc. estimates."The current limits on ...
October 09, 2007
Guardian: Many Older Workers Still Short On SavingsMany "near retirees" are as uncertain about how they will go about retiring as younger people are.Researchers at Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New ...
October 09, 2007
MZI Signs A Health PlanThe developer of a benefit administration system has attracted several new clients.MZI HealthCare L.L.C., Valencia, Calif., says the organizations agreeing to use the company's EZ-CAP ...
October 08, 2007
Actuary: PBR Would Ease Reinsurance StricturesShifting to a principles-based approach to reserving would change the environment for reinsurers and ceding insurers.Sheldon Summers made that prediction here at the fall meeting ...
October 08, 2007
Firm Builds Retirement Plan Service Around ETFsWisdomTree Investments Inc. has developed a 401(k) plan investment package for sponsors that want to emphasize use of index funds and exchange-traded funds.WisdomTree, New York, ...
October 08, 2007
AHIP Affiliate Wins Quality Reporting JobThe America's Health Insurance Plans Foundation has won a $4.2 million contract to help develop standard physician performance measures.The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J., ...
October 08, 2007
Survey: Public Employers Warm To Disease ManagementLocal governments are hoping they can cope with escalating health coverage costs with programs tackling conditions such as obesity and heart disease.Researchers at the International ...