Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Industry Issues Piled High On Congress's Plate
By Arthur D. PostalBesides the tax reconciliation bill that has stymied it since last winter, Congress will be dealing with a number of other issues, including pocketbook ones, ...
April 21, 2006
Life Applications Fell In March, MIB ReportsThe number of life insurance applications for individually underwritten policies in the U.S. fell 7.2% in March compared to a year earlier, according to the ...
April 21, 2006
Competition Weak In Health Insurance, AMA SaysThe American Medical Association finds a sharp drop in competition in the U.S. health insurance business.In the combined HMO and PPO markets, 95% of metropolitan ...
April 21, 2006
Life Insurance Results Improved In 1Q: AnalystLife insurance industry earnings are likely to be up slightly in the first quarter, an industry analyst says.A favorable stock market, rising yields and milder ...
April 21, 2006
Life Insurance Results Improved In 1Q: AnalystLife insurance industry earnings are likely to be up slightly in the first quarter, an industry analyst says.A favorable stock market, rising yields and milder ...
April 20, 2006
Lawmakers Wrestle Over Medicare Drug DeadlineHealth insurers are watching closely as critics of the new Medicare Part D prescription drug program fight to postpone the May 15 registration deadline.Medicare beneficiaries ...
April 20, 2006
Lawmakers Wrestle Over Medicare Drug DeadlineHealth insurers are watching closely as critics of the new Medicare Part D prescription drug program fight to postpone the May 15 registration deadline.Medicare beneficiaries ...
April 20, 2006
Labor: Be Careful With Fund SettlementsFederal regulators want benefit plan intermediaries and plan fiduciaries to use some commonsense when they get market-timing settlement payments from money managers.Intermediaries and fiduciaries assume ...