Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Sioux State Governor Signs Viatical Bill
By Jim ConnollyNorth Dakota Gov. John Hoeven has signed S.B. 2268, a bill that updates the state's viatical settlement laws.The North Dakota House passed the bill 75-18 ...
April 16, 2007
Garden State Employers See 11% Rise In Health CostsNew Jersey group health insurance costs rose 11% in 2006, to $7,561 per covered employee, according to a business group.Health coverage costs have risen by ...
April 15, 2007
Who Are Today's Life Insurance Buyers?Although the "average" individual life insurance buyer may not change dramatically from year-to-year, there are many influences that affect who is buying, what they are buying and how much they are buying
April 15, 2007
NAIC Ponders Data AgentInsurance regulators are talking about the nuts and bolts of setting up a statistical data agent to handle data for preferred mortality tables.Members of the ...
April 15, 2007
Senators Support Medicare AdvantageMembers of the Senate Finance Committee voiced bipartisan support for the Medicare Advantage program offered by insurers. They also implied that opponents of the program ...
April 15, 2007
Segmenting The Boomer Disability MarketAffluent U.S. boomer parents already own a fair amount of disability insurance and say they hate Internet ads.Meanwhile, mainstream boomer parents are more likely to ...
April 15, 2007
Conning Sees Uptick In M%amp;AMerger and acquisition activity for the insurance industry should increase in the next 12 to 18 months, particularly in the property-casualty, distribution and service sectors, ...
April 15, 2007
It's Not A Financial Plan Without Long Term CareGrowth in the need for long term care by boomers expected in the decades ahead will create significant drains on the ability of Medicaid to ...