Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Sponge Policies Can Soak Up Assets In A Tax-Advantaged Way
By Robert K. StraussSponge Policies Can Soak Up Assets In A Tax-Advantaged Way The recently enacted Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act calls for an estate tax ...
July 18, 2001
Insurance M&A Activity StrongNU Online News Service, July 18, 4:35 p.m. -- Mergerstat Holdings L.P., Los Angeles, says insurance industry mergers and acquisitions have bucked the slump ...
July 18, 2001
Moody's Skeptical About JapanNU Online News Service, July 18, 3:55 p.m. -- Moody's Investors Service, New York, has issued a bleak forecast for Japan's life insurers, citing ...
July 17, 2001
AmerUs Puts Indianapolis Life Operations Under McPhailNU Online News Service, July 17, 12:35 p.m. -- AmerUs Group Company, Des Moines, Iowa, says it is putting all life insurance operations under ...
July 12, 2001
Lehman Optimistic About Long-Term Care InsuranceNU Online News Service, July 12, 1:35 p.m. -- Lehman Brothers Inc., New York, has published a research report on John Hancock Financial Services ...
July 12, 2001
Pacific Life Updates Pacific Select Exec II Variable Life PoliciesNU Online News Service, July 12, 1:35 p.m. -- Pacific Life Insurance Company, Newport Beach, Calif., is updating its Pacific Select Exect II variable ...
July 12, 2001
Insurers Slow To Tap Web Site Opportunities, Study SuggestsInsurers Slow To Tap Web Site Opportunities, Study SuggestsByThe life insurance industry has been slow to grow its consumer-oriented Web sites because of its commitment ...
July 12, 2001
New York Asks Life Insurers To Look For Other Policies When Insureds DieNU Online News Service, July 12, 12:35 p.m. -- The New York State Insurance Department says life insurers have a legal obligation when they ...