Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
State Legislators Got Contributions From Life Settlement Firms
By Jim ConnollyAs a national group of insurance legislators prepares to vote on a life settlements model act, state records indicate that several members have taken campaign ...
October 26, 2007
NCOIL Marks Up Life Settlement ModelState lawmakers gathered in Chicago Thursday to fine-tune the language of a proposed life settlements model act.Members of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, Troy, ...
October 26, 2007
Former Chairman Returns To Help Carrier With InvestigationA Florida health carrier says its board has formed a 3-member special committee to respond to government investigations and the investor lawsuits the investigations have ...
October 26, 2007
Celent: Hospitals Expect More Payments To Come From PatientsHospitals have an easier time submitting bills through electronic data interchange systems than using EDI to receive payments from patients.Researchers at Celent L.L.C., Boston, have ...
October 25, 2007
Hartford Updates Survivorship ProductAn insurer has introduced a new version of a life insurance policy that pays benefits when two spouses or other insureds have died.Hartford Life, Simsbury, ...
October 25, 2007
EBRI: Finances May Be Cutting Use Of Medical CareFears of big out-of-pocket bills may be starting to have a noticeable effect on the way U.S. residents think about buying medical services.Researchers at the ...
October 25, 2007
Investigators Visit Offices Of Government Plan CarrierFederal and state officials have executed a sealed search warrant at the headquarters of a company that runs Medicaid and Medicare plans.WellCare Health Plans Inc., ...
October 25, 2007
LISA Blasts STOLI AlertThe Life Insurance Settlement Association is criticizing a recent industry group warning against "stranger-owned life insurance."The American Council of Life Insurers, Washington, and the National ...