Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Estate Tax Repeal Battle Heats Up--Again
By Matt BradyA Senate Finance Committee hearing brought together parties on both sides of the issue of repealing the estate tax.Some witnesses at the Nov. 14 hearing ...
November 18, 2007
Where Advisors Need To Focus: The Value Of A Human LifeWinston Churchill said this about using life insurance to protect the economic value of a human life: "If I had my way I would write ...
November 17, 2007
Personnel Changes: American College, California, OthersSalvatore Farina is the new president of the American College Alumni Association.Farina is managing partner of the Long Island general office for New York Life ...
November 16, 2007
Unum Pushes Back Tender DeadlineA disability insurer is giving investors more time to sell its debt securities.Unum, Chattanooga, Tenn., originally announced a plan to make up to $400 million ...
November 16, 2007
Feds Update Plan Reporting ProceduresThe U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service are continuing to update the filing rules for benefit plans and for a variety of ...
November 16, 2007
ILMA Unveils Life Settlement Comp Disclosure FormThe Institutional Life Markets Association wants to make sure that consumers understand how much they are paying the intermediaries who help them sell life policies ...
November 16, 2007
NCOIL Struggles With Life Settlement DefinitionMembers of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators are still trying to add a definition of "stranger-owned life insurance" to a life settlements model act ...
November 16, 2007
Agencies Seek Service Reporting CompromiseFederal agencies have tried to find a middle ground in the battle over how benefit plans should report the cost of bundled and unbundled services.Officials ...