Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
MetLife: Assisted Life Price Increases Slow To 2.2%
By Staff WriterA construction glut and a cooling real estate market have been helping to hold down costs at assisted living facilities.The average national monthly rate for ...
October 31, 2006
Aspire for greatnessIf you aspire to greatness, how do you know if you are on track? I had an advisor call me recently and ran into another one at a football game, and we discussed goals: where they want to go, what they want to do. They asked me some interesting
October 31, 2006
Be a problem solverWhen Gilberto F. Gra-a, CFP, left the health care industry some 18 years ago to start his own financial advisory practice, he needed a name for his new venture, one that captured the essence of the approach he intended to use with clients and
October 31, 2006
CIGNA Chooses American Express Health CardsA large health insurer has unveiled its entry into the health account payment card arena.CIGNA HealthCare, Bloomfield, Conn., a unit of CIGNA Corp., Philadelphia, says ...
October 31, 2006
Disability Group Reaches Out Through WebThe Council for Disability Awareness is trying to educate consumers about the risk of losing the ability to work.The CDA, Portland, Maine, has posted a ...
October 31, 2006
North Dakota Announces Privacy Breach SettlementA health insurer has agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve regulators' concerns about the theft of policyholders' data.Two separate incidents of theft gave the thieves ...
October 31, 2006
Modified Single-Premium Policy Allows Multiple PaymentsTransamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company has introduced the TransProtector life insurance policy.The modified single-premium universal life insurance policy offers purchasers a choice between making a ...
October 31, 2006
High-End Insurance Firm Goes LiveLife insurance industry veterans have joined to form HessMorganHouse L.L.C., a fee-only life insurance consulting firm.HessMorganHouse, Princeton, N.J., will focus on designing life insurance arrangements ...