Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Baucus Pushes SCHIP Funding
By Arthur D. PostalThe chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said last week that the panel will start work in June on drafting legislation to reauthorize the State ...
May 27, 2007
Michael Moore's Newest Film Takes On Health Care In U.S."Sicko," Michael Moore's biting new take on the U.S. health care system, is set for nationwide release June 29 but has already gotten mostly favorable ...
May 27, 2007
New Ideas For Older Age Medical ScreeningThe older-age market is growing by leaps and bounds as boomers become "gomers." ("Gomer" is medical slang for "get out of my emergency room"--an expression ...
May 27, 2007
Worksite Potential For LTC Insurance Is GrowingLong term care insurance has confused many people for decades. What type of care is considered long term? Will I need it? Who can provide ...
May 27, 2007
Dissatisfaction Widespread Among Health Account Plan UsersUsers of health account plans appear to be less satisfied than users of traditional managed care plans.Consultants at Towers Perrin Inc., Stamford, Conn., have published ...
May 27, 2007
Medicare Advantage Sales Changes SoughtA flurry of actions designed to curb alleged abusive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by the insurance industry were announced by the industry and the ...
May 27, 2007
Worksite Potential For LTC Insurance Is GrowingLong term care insurance has confused many people for decades. What type of care is considered long term? Will I need it? Who can provide ...
May 27, 2007
Regulatory Tensions And Concerns On Display At LISA MeetingMany recurring themes surfaced at the Life Insurance Settlement Association's spring conference here, as the rapidly growing industry continues to work to shape the regulatory ...