Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Banknorth Buys Two Banks In Massachusetts
By Trevor ThomasByTwo new acquisitions will not only strengthen Banknorth Group Inc.s network of banks in the Boston area but also represent potential new customers for ...
July 19, 2001
Pru Takes Some Fire At N.J. Demutualization HearingNU Online News Service, July 19, 2:05 p.m. -- A public hearing on Prudential Insurance Company of America's demutualization plan, ended Wednesday in Trenton, ...
July 19, 2001
InsWeb Reports Lower Second Quarter Net LossNU Online News Service, July 19, 5:55 p.m. -- InsWeb Corp., Sacramento, Calif., a Web-based insurance broker, is reporting a $7.2 million net loss ...
July 19, 2001
BNY Gets Lincoln National Life Custody Services BusinessNU Online News Service, July 19, 10:15 a.m. -- The Bank of New York Company Inc., New York, has won a contract to handle ...
July 19, 2001
Low Mortality Assumptions Could Hurt Buyers' Confidence In Life IndustryLow Mortality Assumptions Could Hurt Buyers Confidence In Life IndustryBy"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."This famous insight from the great ...
July 19, 2001
Will Tax Change Make Traditional Life Insurance Obsolete?Going forward, there will be much analysis of the recently enacted federal tax legislation and its impact on the life insurance industry.The predictors of doom ...
July 19, 2001
Competition Is Fierce, So Life Policy Pricing Is Reaching Rembrandt LevelsIts a commonly held belief that the pricing of life insurance is as much art as science. Given the fiercely competitive nature of the life ...
July 19, 2001
Proposed 2001 CSO Table Can Impact The Life Policies You SellByCurrent insurance company reserves are based on the 1980 Commissioners Ordinary Mortality Table.Over the past 20 years there has been certain tinkering with the Table--such ...