Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Taggart To Lead NAIFA
By Staff WriterJeffrey Taggart has succeeded John Davidson as president of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.NAIFA, Falls Church, Va., and its 800 state and ...
September 20, 2007
Bush Asks For Short-Term SCHIP Extension BillHouse members may not get to vote on a streamlined State Children's Health Insurance Plan bill Sept. 25 after all.The law authorizing SCHIP is set ...
September 20, 2007
Sunshine State Adopts Military Sales RulesMembers of the Florida Financial Services Commission voted Wednesday to adopt new regulations in an effort to protect military personnel from unscrupulous financial services sellers.The ...
September 20, 2007
IRS Temporarily Stops Taking Letters About Minor Plan ChangesThe Internal Revenue Service will suspend one type of determination letter program while it prepares to receive a wave of defined contribution plan restatements.The IRS ...
September 20, 2007
Health Underwriting Gain DropsRising medical costs and increasing pressure to hold down premiums may be affecting medical insurance profits.U.S. health insurers' gain from underwriting health coverage fell to ...
September 20, 2007
AAA Panel Prefers DB Social Security SystemThe social insurance committee at the American Academy of Actuaries has released an issue brief arguing that a defined benefit system is the best approach ...
September 20, 2007
Mesirow To Advise Mutual Of Omaha ClientsA life insurer has chosen a firm to help clients with retirement plan fund selection and asset allocation.Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha, Neb., says ...
September 20, 2007
NAPFA To Offer Immediate Annuity SourceThe National Association of Personal Financial Advisors has agreed to make an income planning products service available to its 1,700 members.NAPFA, Arlington Heights, Ill., a ...