Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
The long view
By David PortFor 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
March 31, 2008
CMS Tests New Approach For Working With StatesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will let Louisia Department of Insurance employees enter Medicare consumer complaints directly into the CMS complaint tracking system.The ...
March 31, 2008
Humana Adds Screening BenefitAn ancillary benefits insurer is covering a test that could improve a patient's overall health.HumanaDental Insurance Company, part of Humana Inc., Louisville, Ky., says it ...
March 30, 2008
FINRA Eyes VA Rules, Life Settlements And SeminarsThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is still deciding how to handle supervision requirements for the variable annuity sales process, officials say.FINRA, Washington, gave a brief ...
March 30, 2008
FINRA Eyes VA Rules, Life Settlements And SeminarsThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is still deciding how to handle supervision requirements for the variable annuity sales process, officials say.FINRA, Washington, gave a brief ...
March 30, 2008
U.S. Health Costs Keep Rising As Share Of GDP, Blues FindThe U.S. spent nearly $2.3 trillion on healthcare in 2007, or 16.2% of its gross domestic product, according to projections by the Blue Cross and ...
March 30, 2008
Trustees: Medicare Hospital Fund Could Run Dry In 2019The main Social Security trust fund, the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance fund, might not run out of cash until 2041, but the main Medicare fund, ...
March 30, 2008
Missouri Grants First Life Reinsurance Captive LicenseMissouri granted its first special purpose life reinsurance captive insurance company license to RGA Reinsurance Company, Chesterfield, Mo., a unit of Reinsurance Group of America ...