Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
House Surplus Lines Reinsurance Bill Approved
By Matt BradyLegislation designed to ease the regulatory burdens on surplus lines was approved by a House Financial Services subcommittee July 19.The bill is likely to be ...
July 23, 2006
Survey Finds Boomer Women Mean Well But Save LittleFinancial services companies should do more to get baby boomer women to prepare financially to maintain their lifestyle in the future, according to speakers at ...
July 23, 2006
Maryland Judge Overturns Wal-Mart Health Care LawA federal judge in Baltimore has overturned Maryland's "Wal-Mart" health care law, ruling in favor of the Retail Industry Leaders Association in a lawsuit.Judge J. ...
July 23, 2006
Hybrid Securities Command Industry's AttentionRegulators say that they will take comments aired by insurers during a public hearing on hybrid securities July 13 and review their risk-based capital treatment ...
July 23, 2006
'Boomerisms' That Drive Advisors WildCertain things that baby boomers say drive some financial advisors wild--because the statements make no financial sense at all.Some of these statements--call them boomerisms--are shown ...
July 23, 2006
Helping Boomers Plan For The 'Retirement Red Zone'Picture this: two boomers, each of whom starts with the same amount of money in the bank at age 62. But at the ripe old ...
July 23, 2006
Final Touches On Pension Reform Bill Under WayCongressional negotiators were moving rapidly at press time to finalize pension benefit reform legislation language which would allow the insurance industry to offer a host ...
July 23, 2006
Securitization: Buzz Or Real Solution?With growth prospects and return-on-equity ratios below most of their peer group, what can the life (re)insurance industry do to improve its standing with investors? ...