Life Planning Strategies
Life planning strategies, with ideas about how to use life insurance and related products to help people and businesses get things done.
Group Health Plan Enrollment Nosedives
By Marlene Y. SatterNew figures released in September by the Census Bureau show that enrollment in employer-sponsored health plans in 2009 was at its lowest level since 1997, after a dizzying drop.
September 14, 2010
Public Understanding Is Poor on Health Care Reform: NAICIn August, NAIC conducted a phone survey to evaluate the awareness of the public on the provisions of the new health care reform law.
September 10, 2010
Proposed Law Requires Life Settlement DisclosureKentucky state representative Ronald Crimm (R-Louisville) has drafted a model bill that would require some policy owners to be told about the option to take a life settlement when considering terminating or cashing in a policy.
September 09, 2010
Dirk Kempthorne, Former Governor, to Lead ACLIThe American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), the trade association of the life insurance industry, will have a new president and CEO on November 3, the association announced Wednesday, September 9.
September 09, 2010
The Hartford Names Reiss to Head Mutual Fund SalesThe Hartford Mutual Funds said Thursday, September 9, that it had named Jeff Reiss, who had been national sales manager for its wirehouse unit since 2008, as national sales manager.
September 08, 2010
Bugged by Bedbugs? Insurance Won't PayAmid the seething tide of bedbugs terrorizing the population these days is yet another uncomfortable fact: most infestations are not covered by insurance, with just a couple of exceptions.
September 08, 2010
Vanguard Introduces Web Comparison Service for AnnuitiesVanguard announced Wednesday, September 8, that it has launched a new Web comparison service for individuals that allows them to compare income annuities from a number of insurance companies.
September 07, 2010
U.S. Insurers Not Likely to Fall in Sovereign Debt Crisis: FitchLife insurers' foreign sovereign debt exposure is 'restrained.'