Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Thrivent: Many Guess Wrong About Retirement Expenses
By Staff WriterConsumers have a hard time estimating how much they really will spend in their later years.Researchers at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Minneapolis, have published figures ...
February 11, 2008
Beck To Offer FundQuest ServicesA securities broker affiliated with a life insurance agency will be offering affiliated financial advisors a new investment management support program.H. Beck Inc., Rockville, Md., ...
February 10, 2008
Skepticism Greets Bush Proposal For Greater Funding Of SCHIPIndependent healthcare experts and even influential Republicans in Congress are greeting with a grain of salt the Bush administration's decision to support greater funding of ...
February 10, 2008
Agents Blasted Over Sales Of Medicare Advantage PlansAdvocates for giving states increased oversight of agents selling Medicare Advantage plans sought to make their case at a Senate Finance Committee Hearing last week.Illinois ...
February 10, 2008
Using Combination Products In Income Scenarios Might Be The Next WaveIt's been interesting to see the industry dialogue about income products evolve over the last 5 years.At the beginning of this period, immediate annuity discussions ...
February 10, 2008
LTC Insurance Should Be A Key Piece Of An Income PlanThe importance of long term care insurance as a piece of an income plan was underscored during a recent presentation at a conference on longevity.Financial ...
February 10, 2008
NAIC Advancing Work On Principles-Based ReservingWork on the fundamental underpinnings of a system of principles-based reserving continues so that state insurance regulators can actually begin to move the project toward ...
February 10, 2008
Iowa Department Joins Project On Fixed And Index Annuity DisclosureIowa insurance regulators are joining with several industry trade groups in a pilot project designed to help consumers wade through the complexities of the fixed ...