Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Life Insurers Ceding More And More Mortality Risk
By Julie A. BurkeCeding mortality risk of primary companies to life reinsurers is becoming more common.Drivers of this change include life insurers changing business model, aggressive reinsurance pricing ...
March 31, 2002
Low Rates Pinching The Annuity Reinsurance MarketLow Rates Pinching The Annuity Reinsurance MarketLondon Editor In the current low-interest rate environment, it is harder for life reinsurers specializing in acquiring closed blocks ...
March 31, 2002
The Art And Science Of Growing A Life Insurance Distribution FirmPart 3The Art And Science Of Growing A Life Insurance Distribution Firm--Part 3ByIn my previous two National Underwriter articles I outlined a growth philosophy and process ...
March 31, 2002
Cat Re Will Cost PlentyIf You Can Find ItByUntil reinsurers get a better handle on new risks in offering catastrophe reinsurance coverage for group life insurance, they say carriers can expect steep prices ...
March 31, 2002
New Push For Reverse MortgagesByFinancial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation in Irvine, Calif., a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Bank, has allied with the BISYS Group Inc., Little Falls, N.J., ...
March 29, 2002
Penn Treaty Raises $2.4 MillionNU Online News Service, March 29, 11:33 a.m. -- Penn Treaty American Corp., Allentown, Pa., says it has raised $2.4 million in capital by ...
March 28, 2002
MassMutual Adds Lender Notification FeatureNU Online News Service, March 28, 11:39 a.m. -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Mass., has added a new lender communications feature for ...
March 28, 2002
BenefitAmerica Seeks A Middle WayNU Online News Service, March 28, 2:09 p.m. -- BenefitAmerica is one of the Web technology companies that is trying to help insurers compromise ...