Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Swiss Re To Enter China TPA Market
By Staff WriterA reinsurer hopes to take advantage of opportunities to help cover the health of people in China.Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich, has received permission from Chinese ...
April 02, 2008
Carriers And Doctors Back Physician Tracking StandardsThe National Business Coalition on Health says it has obtained broad support for physician evaluation program principles.The NBCH, Washington, says its new Patient Charter for ...
April 02, 2008
IRS Rules On Split Dollar Arrangement ChangesThe Internal Revenue Service says taxpayers can make some changes to split-dollar life insurance arrangements without triggering "material change" rules.If the parties to an arrangement ...
April 01, 2008
Insurer Launches Life Settlement OperationPhoenix Companies Inc. has entered the life settlement business.Phoenix Life Solutions, a unit formed in 2007, has started buying life insurance policies from owners through ...
April 01, 2008
The trend issueWith Senior Market Advisor's inaugural "trends issue," we take a look at what are the hottest niches in the industry that will make your practice thrive. From the "incredible, evolving annuity," to "life insurance through the eyes of experts," as
April 01, 2008
Are Alternative Investments A Way To Make A Retirement Portfolio Grow Faster?Will alternative investment options be an important piece in ensuring that an individual has sufficient assets to provide regular income in retirement?
April 01, 2008
1035 exchanges involving annuitiesAs flight attendants always tell us, contents may shift during flight. Client circumstances, as well as the financial environment, have a tendency to change. Contracts that were suitable when purchased may no longer be effective today. Meanwhile,
April 01, 2008
The long viewFor an established product trading in a mature market, a few percentage points of growth do not a good year make. But in a still-maturing business such as long term care insurance, where the gap between growth potential and actual performance has y