Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
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By Warren BenoitByAnyone who knows me would vouch that I am a man who speaks the truth. So when I was asked to provide my opinions on ...
June 23, 2004
TRIA Bill Punts On Group LifeThe Treasury Department may have to decide again whether to include group life insurance in the federal terrorism reinsurance program.[@@]A bill just introduced in ...
June 23, 2004
Fitch: 2003 Life Insurer Investment Losses Down 75%Fitch Ratings Ltd., New York, is starting to calculate just what a great year 2003 was for U.S. life insurers.[@@]Low interest rates were tough ...
June 23, 2004
Independence Acquires Annuity BlockNU Online News Service, June 23, 2004, 12:24 p.m. EDTIndependence Holding Company, Stamford, Conn., says one of its units has acquired an annuity block ...
June 22, 2004
TRIA Bill May Leave Group Life Status UnclearIt's still unclear what the main effort to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program will mean for group life insurance.[@@]Sources have told National Underwriter ...
June 18, 2004
Citizens To Pay $85 Million For La. Life InsurerNU Online News Service, June 18, 2004, 5:28 p.m. EDTCitizens Inc., Austin, Texas, has agreed to pay $85 million in cash for a small ...
June 18, 2004
Treasury Extends Terror Coverage RulesThe U.S. Treasury Department has decided to extend the "make available" provisions of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act through 2005.[@@]TRIA requires the federal government ...
June 18, 2004
Hancock To Sell LTC Through Farm Bureau LifeNU Online News Service, June 18, 2004, 1:14 p.m. EDTFarm Bureau Life Insurance Company, West Des Moines, Iowa, has agreed to sell long term ...