Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Researchers Find Low Life Lapse Rates For Oldest Insureds
By Jim ConnollyConsumers who buy life insurance when they are ages 70 or older are very likely to keep their policies.Researchers at LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn., and ...
March 20, 2008
Insurer Updates VA Withdrawal GuaranteeIntegrity Life Insurance Company has revised the Guaranteed Lifetime Income Advantage guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit rider.Integrity Life, a unit of the Western & Southern Financial ...
March 20, 2008
Wealth2k Offers Income Planning Sales ProgramA marketing company has introduced a system aimed at advisors who counsel retirees.Wealth2k Inc., Canton, Mass., is using a Web site to distribute the system, ...
March 20, 2008
MassMutual Caps Successful Year-Long Breast Cancer Awareness Program with Substantial Donations, EducationMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, Mass., concluded its innovative year-long 2007 breast cancer awareness program with stellar results, including: - Close to $100,000 in sponsorships of
March 20, 2008
Humana To Acquire Peoria PlanA large managed care company is acquiring a smaller carrier in the Midwest.Humana Inc., Louisville, Ky., has agreed to pay about $90 million to acquire ...
March 20, 2008
Regulators Eye RBC For Life Reinsurance Trust CollateralState insurance regulators are thinking about how life insurers should treat collateral in trusts when computing risk-based capital ratios for life reinsurance ceded reserve credits.The ...
March 19, 2008
Members Give Health Account Plans Better GradesMembers of health plans that incorporate health savings accounts or health reimbursement arrangements seem to be more likely to get preventive care than members of ...
March 19, 2008
Show Me State Licenses Life Re CaptiveMissouri has granted the state's first license for a special purpose life reinsurance captive to RGA Reinsurance Company.Executives at RGA Re, Chesterfield, Mo., a unit ...