Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Senate Passes Military Sales Bill
By Arthur D. PostalThe Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to pass a bill would impose new rules on companies selling life insurance and other financial services products on military ...
July 21, 2006
MIB: Buyers Submit Fewer ApplicationsU.S. life insurers received fewer requests for coverage in June.The MIB Group Inc., Westwood, Mass., says U.S. life insurers checked 5.7% fewer life insurance applications ...
July 20, 2006
UnitedHealth Adds AARP Plans In 3 StatesA giant Medicare supplement insurance program is introducing products for older residents of 3 states.The AARP Health Care Options Program, Fort Washington, Pa., says it ...
July 20, 2006
EBRI: Retirees Need $295,000 Just For Health CareThe typical husband and wife who retire today will need $295,000 to cover post-retirement health care costs, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.The $295,000 ...
July 20, 2006
More Retirement Plans Use Automatic SignupParticipation in 401(k) plans is growing, but employers wonder how many are saving enough for retirement, according to Deloitte Consulting L.L.P.Researchers at Deloitte, New York, ...
July 20, 2006
Researchers Study How Con Artists Fool VictimsCriminals who commit investment fraud have many strategies for converting prospects into victims.Researchers describe those strategies in a study based on an analysis of 128 ...
July 19, 2006
California Officials Welcome Disability SettlementGolden State insurance regulators say a proposed settlement they have negotiated with group disability insurers gives them much of what they want.Insurance trade groups have ...
July 19, 2006
Insurer Promotes Charitable PlanningSun Life Financial U.S. has started a campaign to persuade more advisors to use its universal life charitable giving benefit rider.Sun Life U.S., Wellesley, Mass., ...