Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
FASB Gives Investors Choice On Valuing Purchased Policies
By Staff WriterThe Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a ruling that could help U.S. companies invest more of their own cash in life settlements.In the past, ...
April 09, 2006
Massachusetts Lawmakers OK Universal Health BillMassachusetts is getting a sweeping new "universal health insurance" law that could transform the state's health finance market.If implemented as written, the new law would ...
April 09, 2006
Freedom To Take RisksMany people today appear to be seeking a riskless society. Evidence of this lies in the plethora of lawsuits filed each year by people and ...
April 09, 2006
Tax Payments Are Up--For Many ReasonsFederal and foreign taxes paid in 2005 nearly doubled over 2004 for the top 50 life insurers in this category, annual statement filings indicate.In 2005, ...
April 08, 2006
Advocate: S. 1955 Is Not Just An AHP BillThe second, third and fourth parts of a major Senate association health plan bill, S. 1955, could change conventional state health insurance oversight far more ...
April 08, 2006
Advocate: S. 1955 Is Not Just An AHP BillThe second, third and fourth parts of a major Senate association health plan bill, S. 1955, could change conventional state health insurance oversight far more ...
April 07, 2006
New York Life Backs 4-H ClubsA large insurer is backing efforts by a nonprofit group to teach children about civics and money management.A foundation affiliated with New York Life Insurance ...
April 07, 2006
Labor Allows More Loans To Benefit PlansFederal regulators are making it easier for employers or other plan sponsors to help plans get through emergencies.The U.S. Department of Labor made the change ...