Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Group Life Out Of TRIA
By Arthur D. PostalThe House gives in to the Senate and the administrationWashingtonGroup life insurance will not be included in an extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance ...
November 23, 2005
-Review worksite chartChart for worksite story, L48-Review_worksiteHead should read: 2005 Annualized New Worksite Benefits Premiums (Jan.-Sept.)Note: "Current quarter" should read "Third quarter."Source: LIMRA International ...
November 23, 2005
House Set To Pass Pension BillWashingtonThe House was scheduled to pass at press time legislation reforming the defined benefit pension system that includes several provisions sought--some for a number ...
November 23, 2005
Reinsurers Look To New AreasNew YorkWeldon Wilson, CEO of Swiss Re Life & Health America, said there is a growing interest among life reinsurers to look at longevity ...
November 23, 2005
MIB%3A Application Activity Drops AgainU.S. life insurers continued to have a hard time reaching consumers in October.[@@]The MIB Group Inc., Westwood, Mass., says U.S. life insurers checked 3.2% ...
November 23, 2005
3Q Inde Annuity Sales Off 7% From 2QIndex annuity sales declined 7% in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2005, says Advantage Compendium Ltd., St. Louis, ...
November 23, 2005
Life, Annuity Sales Falter In BanksSales of life insurance in banks were down 13% in the first half of 2005, the first time in years that banks' life premium ...
November 23, 2005
Amid Mostly Flat Sales,"Declared rate and indexed annuities are under attack on multiple fronts," states a new position paper from the National Association for Fixed Annuities, Milwaukee, ...