Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
CMS Toughens Medicare Advantage Oversight
By Arthur D. PostalThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week proposed new regulations that considerably toughen marketing and operations oversight on insurers offering Medicare Advantage and ...
May 11, 2008
AALU Pushes OFC, Bashes STOLIAssociation for Advanced Life Underwriting officials last week made clear they support legislation creating an optional federal charter for insurance.They also said they "applaud" the ...
May 11, 2008
Built-in GRAT Exit Strategies For Self-Financed PremiumsThe ability to leverage one's assets through the use of life insurance makes it an extremely compelling and almost universal part of most high-net worth ...
May 11, 2008
Actuaries Seek To Educate Treasury On Principles-Based ReservingLife actuaries are responding to an IRS Notice requesting input on a proposed principles-based reserving system currently under development and a proposed actuarial guideline--VA-CARVM--that establishes ...
May 11, 2008
AALU Pushes OFC, Bashes STOLIAssociation for Advanced Life Underwriting officials last week made clear they support legislation creating an optional federal charter for insurance.They also said they "applaud" the ...
May 11, 2008
Funding "B" Trusts Early With Deferred AnnuitiesThe B trust (also known as a credit shelter trust or bypass trust) is a basic component of estate planning. The vehicle is most often ...
May 11, 2008
Holocaust Claims Bill Sparks DebateLegislation that would allow Holocaust survivors to file suit over insurance policies from that era was the subject of debate at a hearing of the ...
May 11, 2008
Holocaust Claims Bill Sparks DebateLegislation that would allow Holocaust survivors to file suit over insurance policies from that era was the subject of debate at a hearing of the ...