Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
California Backs Off On Disability Procedure (Updated)
By Arthur D. PostalThe California Department of Insurance has agreed to go through a formal implementation process before trying to withdraw approval for disability insurance policies.California regulators accepted ...
July 17, 2006
FASB Ruling Boosts Life PartnersThe only publicly traded U.S. life settlement company says a new accounting rule has helped its income statement.Life Partners Holdings Inc., Waco, Texas, which has ...
July 16, 2006
SEC's Withdrawal Of 'No-Action' Letter Confuses IndustryIn the early days of variable annuities (the late 1970s and early 1980s), nontraditional salespeople began selling products previously thought to be in the exclusive ...
July 16, 2006
The Cold Harsh Calculus Of Retirement IncomeThe cold harsh calculus of retirement income tells us with unwavering accuracy exactly how long a nest egg will last under fixed withdrawals and known ...
July 16, 2006
Total New Business Of Top 50 Slipped SlightlyTotal new business issued by the top 50 life insurers was off 1% in 2005, coming in at $2.14 billion in 2005 vs. $2.17 billion ...
July 16, 2006
Total New Business Of Top 50 Slipped SlightlyTotal new business issued by the top 50 life insurers was off 1% in 2005, coming in at $2.14 billion in 2005 vs. $2.17 billion ...
July 16, 2006
U.K. Insurer Aviva To Buy AmerUs For $2.9 BillionAviva PLC, the U.K.'s largest insurer, plans to buy AmerUs Group Co. in a deal that would significantly boost its presence in the U.S. life ...
July 16, 2006
Only 'Loose Ends' Remain In Pension Bill Talks: GrassleyCongressional negotiators are making progress in combining conflicting House-Senate pension benefit reform bills, according to members of Congress and industry lobbyists, raising hopes that work ...