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 TRIA Without Group Life
By Matt BradyThe Senate on Nov. 17 passed bare-bones legislation extending the federal backstop for terrorism risk insurance for 7 years--through 2014--but without any of the additional ...
November 18, 2005
Analysts Warn Against Annuity Sales HypeLife insurers had better be sure that both they and their customers understand the costs and limitations of the annuity benefit guarantees they are ...
November 18, 2005
Senate OKs Narrow TRIA BillThe Senate early today passed by unanimous consent its version of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act extension bill.[@@]The Senate bill, S. 467, would extend ...
November 18, 2005
Swiss Re To Acquire GE P%2DC Re ArmSwiss Reinsurance Company has agreed to pay $6.8 billion in cash and stock for the U.S. property-casualty reinsurance operations of General Electric Company.[@@]Swiss Re, ...
November 18, 2005
Officials Blast Military Life Sales ProblemsThe U.S. Government Accountability Office has published a report that is drawing fresh attention to complaints about abusive sales of financial services products to ...
November 17, 2005
Companies To Market New Type Of Life ProductRGA Reinsurance Company and Future System Advisors L.L.C. have picked McCamish Systems L.L.C. to administer policies for a new life insurance product.[@@]Details about the ...
November 17, 2005
Allianz Life Makes A DealAllianz Life Insurance Company of North America has acquired Questar Capital Corp., a national securities broker-dealer and registered investment advisor that has a network ...
November 17, 2005
Another Life Settlement Firm Will Use IPipelineLife Settlement Insights L.L.C. has agreed to use iPipeline to put life settlement forms on the Web sites of its general agents.[@@]The forms will ...