Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Now's The Right Time To Reintroduce Whole Life
By Matthew GaglioWith the rise of term life and the advent of new products, the life insurance industry has adopted a very narrow and negative focus on ...
April 05, 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 04, 2008
Credit Crunch Puts Reserves In SpotlightLife insurers may need relief from excessive statutory reserve requirements, because the turmoil in the credit markets seems to be reducing their ability to meet ...
April 04, 2008
NAIC Focuses On Annuity Sales PracticesA panel at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is talking about starting an annuity sales supervision working group.Sean Dilweg, Wisconsin insurance commissioner and the ...
April 04, 2008
NAIC Focuses On Annuity Sales PracticesA panel at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is talking about starting an annuity sales supervision working group.Sean Dilweg, Wisconsin insurance commissioner and the ...
April 04, 2008
MEGA Settles With MaineHealthMarkets Inc. says a health insurance subsidiary will be paying refunds to customers in Maine because loss ratios have been below the minimum required level.MEGA ...
April 03, 2008
Witnesses Continue Estate Tax BattleWitnesses asked the Senate Finance Committee to help taxpayers plan for the future by adopting a simpler, more predictable estate tax system.Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., ...
April 03, 2008
Kohl Introduces Designations BillSenators have come up with a proposal for a strategy for protecting older consumers and others against sales representatives with misleading financial services credentials.Sens. Herbert ...