Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
OFC Will Again Be On The Agenda
By Arthur D. PostalBipartisan legislation creating an optional federal charter for insurance will be introduced in both the House and the Senate next year, but a key lobbyist ...
November 19, 2006
NAIFA Looks Into The Crystal BallAn above-the-line tax deduction for long term care insurance premiums--a top federal legislative priority for life insurance agents--is unlikely to be approved by the incoming ...
November 19, 2006
OFC Will Again Be On The AgendaBipartisan legislation creating an optional federal charter for insurance will be introduced in both the House and the Senate next year, but a key lobbyist ...
November 18, 2006
Flagg Street Loads Up On Scottish Re StockA hedge fund has invested in a large life reinsurer.Managers of Flagg Street Capital L.L.C., Cambridge, Mass., have told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
November 18, 2006
Apartment Sale Yields $3 Billion GainInvestors have paid $5.4 billion to complete the purchase of a pair of big residential real estate developments from MetLife Inc.Units of Tishman Speyer Properties ...
November 18, 2006
Caregiving Empties Wallets FasterThe cost of helping loved ones pay for long term care seems to be going up.Researchers at John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Boston, a unit ...
November 18, 2006
Issuer Sets Index Cap At 17%Buyers of a new equity-indexed universal life insurance policy can participate in annual gains of up to 17% in the S&P 500 stock index.Minnesota Life ...
November 17, 2006
Caregiving Empties Wallets FasterThe cost of helping loved ones pay for long term care seems to be going up.Researchers at John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Boston, a unit ...