Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Disability Expert Warns Against Complacency
By Allison BellMIAMI--Disability insurers should do more than just try to get by, a consultant says.[@@]<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />Drew King, president of ...
March 09, 2005
Regulators Pursue Two Reserving ApproachesBySalt Lake CityRegulators overwhelmingly voted to continue work on an actuarial guideline detailing how to reserve for universal life products with secondary guarantees.In an 11-3 ...
March 09, 2005
How Bank Delivery Methods Measure UpByThe 2003/2004 Kehrer-LIMRA Bank Life Benchmarking Study, published in late February, provides some important insights into the relative success of alternative ways of distributing life ...
March 09, 2005
Voluntary Disability: Reject More, Cover MoreMIAMI--Tougher underwriting procedures for disability insurance in the voluntary market could make the product more profitable and cut rates for healthy workers, a group ...
March 09, 2005
Tough Season For CEOsIn the last few weeks, it looks as if corporate boards of all stripes are taking as their mantra Shakespeares famous line: "Now is the ...
March 09, 2005
A Closer Look At Banks Life Insurance SalesByWill life insurance ever truly catch on in banks? On this question there are optimists and pessimists. Pessimists note that life insurance has been on ...
March 09, 2005
A Better Fit Needed For Life Sales In BanksA Better Fit Needed For Life Sales In BanksByDespite strong growth, banks share of life insurance sales appears stuck at about 2% of total life ...
March 08, 2005
New Group Formed To Push Reserving ChangeProduct reserving that uses principles rather than formulas got another show of support in the form of a brand new industry group, the Affordable ...