Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Harford B-D Unit Adds Sales Managers
By Staff WriterWoodbury Financial Services has named 6 new regional sales directors.[@@]Woodbury, the broker-dealer arm of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, says the new regional ...
July 21, 2005
Jury Awards $700 Million In Eecutive Life Punitive DamagesA U.S. District Court jury in Los Angeles has awarded $700 million in punitive damages but no actual damages in connection with the failure ...
July 21, 2005
English And DeMicco Rise At New York LifeNew York Life Insurance Company has promoted 2 legal affairs executives.[@@]Thomas English will succeed Sheila Davidson as senior vice president and general counsel, and ...
July 21, 2005
Software Firm Revises XML ToolPilotFish Technology L.L.C. has updated a tool that can help life insurers keep up with changes in XML standards.[@@]PilotFish, Wethersfield, Conn., has released version ...
July 21, 2005
FEC Allows Payroll-Deduction PAC ContributionsThe Federal Elections Commission has published a final rule that should help life insurance trade groups increase contributions to their political action committees.[@@]The FEC ...
July 20, 2005
AEFA Fills Distribution PostsAmerican Express Financial Advisors has hired 2 vice presidents.[@@]One of the new executives, Marty Griffin, will be general manager of outside product distribution. The ...
July 20, 2005
Attracting Talent In Tough TimesConference looks at ways to boost agent retention ratesIf life insurance companies want to boost their abysmally low 4-year agent retention rates, then they ...