Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Obama Joins Attack On Private Medicare Providers
By Arthur D. PostalA Democratic presidential contender is attacking insurers that sell private Medicare plans.Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., who earlier this year made a point of publicizing his ...
May 10, 2007
Industry Responds To Times Medicare FFS ArticleHealth insurance industry representatives say a recent New York Times account of aggressive Medicare Advantage marketing tactics describes the activities of a few bad apples."The ...
May 10, 2007
CBO Looks At CHIP Effects On Private Child CoverageResearchers at the Congressional Budget Office say information about the effects of the Children's Health Insurance Program on the total number of low-income children with ...
May 10, 2007
Ratio Minimum CounterproductiveStates should be careful about trying to require that health insurers spend a minimum percentage of premiums on paying claims.J.P. Wieske, director of State Affairs ...
May 10, 2007
PPA Stabilizes Hybrid Plan UseLarge U.S. employers continued to shift away from use of traditional defined benefit plans in 2006, but their use of hybrid plans held almost steady.Researchers ...
May 10, 2007
Health Bills, Lack Of Plans Hit Retirement SavingsAbout 60% of U.S. workers who are not saving for retirement say they are extremely concerned about not having enough money for retirement.Researchers at LIMRA ...
May 10, 2007
WellCare Adds Medicare Compliance MeasuresA health insurer has responded to controversy about Medicare Advantage marketing strategies by adding safeguards.WellCare Health Plans Inc., Tampa, Fla., a company that provides health ...
May 10, 2007
Senate Again Backs Limited Estate Tax Cut ProposalMembers of the Senate indicated Wednesday that they will support a strategy for cutting estate taxes that is acceptable to life insurance industry groups.Senators voted ...