Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Michigan Benefits Broker To Lead NAIFA
By Staff WriterThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors elected David Smithkey president Wednesday at its annual conference in Baltimore.[@@]Smithkey, a holder of the Chartered ...
September 14, 2005
MIB: Application Activity Drops AgainU.S. life insurers continued to have a hard time reaching consumers in August.[@@]The MIB Group Inc., Westwood, Mass., says U.S. life insurers checked 3.1% ...
September 14, 2005
Feds Propose Regs For Nonqualified Deferred Comp PlansThe Internal Revenue Service is asking for public comments about treatment of older split-dollar life insurance arrangements in a draft of new rules for ...
September 14, 2005
Feds Propose Regs For Nonqualified Deferred Comp PlansGo page 28 with Regulation banner. File # L39nonqual. Lines: 124.Section 409A spells out when affected "service providers" can postpone paying taxes on deferred ...
September 14, 2005
Work Starts To Bring Form To Concept85 lines.Regulators start drafting principles-based model actRegulators are starting work to turn the concept of a principles-based reserving system into specifics that will be ...
September 14, 2005
Employees Appreciate Life Insurance But Admit They Dont Have EnoughHartford says survey shows need for education on coverageAmericans believe life insurance is important but also admit they understand little about it and probably ...
September 14, 2005
California Department Forces Changes In LTD DefinitionsSettlement with UnumProvident could have broad ramifications for the industryWashingtonCalifornia Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi hopes to use his new settlement with UnumProvident Corp. to ...
September 14, 2005
Registered Reps Starting To Get Serious About LTC InsuranceTwo fears haunting baby boomers now edging into their retirement years are (1) spending their twilight years in a nursing home, among strangers, and ...