Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Industry Favorite Drops Out Of Race
By Matt BradySen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., has responded to a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses by giving up his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination."Tonight I ...
January 03, 2008
MDRT Announces Eligibility LevelsU.S. life insurance agents will have to earn more this year to qualify for the 2009 Million Dollar Round Table.The MDRT, Park Ridge, Ill., has ...
January 03, 2008
Buck: Many Companies Will Split Nonqualified PlansNew, complicated executive compensation plan rules are leading to changes in plan rules but few moves to drop the plans.Researchers at Buck Consultants, New York, ...
January 03, 2008
Survey: Few Understand Health Plan AcronymsFewer than half of U.S. adults know what common managed care terms mean.Researchers at eHealth Inc., Mountain View, Calif., have reported that finding in a ...
January 03, 2008
Assurant Arranges For Access To Great-West ProvidersA player in the individual, family and small group markets is giving members in-network access to more doctors and hospitals.Assurant Health, Milwaukee, a unit of ...
January 03, 2008
Humana Teams With American SpecialtyA health insurer has selected a wellness program for some of its Medicare plan members.Humana Inc., Louisville, Ky., has agreed to use the Silver&Fit "fitness ...
January 03, 2008
Gen Re Clarifies Critical Illness Claims ProcessA reinsurer is trying to help the people who handle critical illness insurance claims understand key policy definition terms.Gen Re LifeHealth, a unit of General ...
January 02, 2008
IRS Sets Filing Rules For Charitable Trusts Hit By ChangeThe Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance aimed at charitable trusts that have turned into private foundations as a result of provisions of the Pension ...