Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Indexed Annuity Offers 15% Bonus
By Staff WriterAllianz Life Insurance Company of North has introduced the Allianz Endurance 15 Annuity contract.The contract provides a 15% bonus on premiums paid during the first ...
May 04, 2007
N.Y. Regulators Tackle Non-Expiring Whole Life PoliciesEmpire State offiicials say life insurers should take care when designing a whole life insurance product with no maturity age.The New York State Insurance Department ...
May 04, 2007
Mutual Of Omaha Exits Group Health MarketCoventry Health Care Inc. is paying $120 million to acquire Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company's employer-based group health insurance business as well as its federal ...
May 04, 2007
Employers Ask For Postponement Of PPA Funding Compliance DateEmployer groups and an actuarial group say Congress should fine-tune the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and give them more time to comply with major ...
May 03, 2007
Benson: Learn To Live With NASDAdvanced life insurance sales professionals must "get comfortable" with regulation by the National Association of Securities Dealers, according to the former president of John Hancock ...
May 03, 2007
Task Force Exposes Preferred Mortality Guidance DraftMembers of the Life & Health Actuarial Task Force have voted to let the public see a draft of actuarial guidance relating to use of ...
May 03, 2007
CDA: LTD Benefits Grow 7.5&The disability insurers that support the Council for Disability Awareness say they paid $7.2 billion in long-term disability claims in 2006, up 7.5% from the ...
May 03, 2007
Cerulli Expects Big Changes In Teacher Plan MarketInsurance companies still dominate the 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity plan market, and that market should grow about as fast as the corporate defined contribution plan market.Analysts ...