Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Jackson National Adds Lapse Protection Rider
By Staff WriterA carrier is selling a new coverage guarantee feature along with several universal life and variable universal life insurance policies.Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Lansing, ...
April 07, 2008
Bilingual Pamphlet Encourages Families To TalkA unit of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has developed a free, 25-page financial planning guide that offers information in both English and in Spanish.Nationwide, Columbus, ...
April 07, 2008
Reinsurer Posts ResultsThe directors of Annuity and Life Re (Holdings) Ltd. are exploring "strategic alternatives," the company says.Annuity and Life Re, Hamilton, Bermuda, is reporting a $17 ...
April 07, 2008
LTC Insurer Streamlines Underwriting DecisionsMedAmerica Inc. will be giving insurance producers direct access to its long term care insurance underwriters.The new Partners In Underwriting Program will help give agents ...
April 06, 2008
Industry Reaction: Mostly PositiveMost life insurance trade groups are voicing strong support for the Treasury Department's call for an optional federal charter in its blueprint for reform of financial services regulation.
April 06, 2008
Principles-Based Reserving Delay ExpectedTwo major pieces of a new principles-based reserving system are not expected to be delivered on time, say actuaries and regulators working on the proposal.During ...
April 06, 2008
New York Gets Its Own Life Settlement Bill ReadyAfter 9 months of work, the New York insurance department is ready to introduce its own life settlement bill, says First Deputy Superintendent Kermitt Brooks.The ...
April 06, 2008
Best Revises Rating Methodology For Settlement SecuritizationsA.M. Best late last month issued a revised rating methodology to be used in the securitization of a life settlement portfolio, placing more of an ...