Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Opportunities For 2008
By Jack BoboBefore I address the upcoming opportunities I would like to correct an error I made in my previous column (Dec. 24/31). In it I stated ...
January 12, 2008
SBLI Lines Up XXX BackingDespite the turmoil in the investment markets, a life insurer has succeeded at funding more of its reserve requirements.Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts, ...
January 12, 2008
Personnel Changes: LMC, MassMutual, OthersLMC Capital L.L.C. has hired Patrick Vaughn to be the managing director in charge of its mergers and acquisitions practice for insurance technology and services ...
January 11, 2008
Quiz question: how many states?How many state legislatures are currently expected to introduce life settlement model legislation developed either by National Association of Insurance Commissioners or National Conference of Insurance Legislators?
January 11, 2008
Feature: Placing settlements through brokers and funders: which is best?As in the primary life insurance market, an advisor can work with a broker to shop around a life policy for settlement in the secondary market. Or, an advisor can try working directly with a life settlement provider.
January 11, 2008
UnitedHealth Unit To Sell Portable PHRsOptumHealth is offering a new "lifetime" personal health record service.OptumHealth, a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., says consumers who use UnitedHealth's existing PHR ...
January 11, 2008
Life Brokerage Forms New Carrier TiesAn insurance brokerage agency is offering agents access to more insurers.Life Brokerage L.L.C., Oldsmar, Fla., says it now has relationships with Midland National Life Insurance ...
January 11, 2008
LIFE To Continue Disability Month CampaignThe Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education plans to continue its new Disability Insurance Awareness Month program in 2008.LIFE, Arlington, Va., held the first ...