Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Claims Specialist Calls For Informal Solutions
By Staff WriterBonita Springs, Fla.Insurers, producers and regulators should find ways to streamline the disability insurance claims process without creating more red tape, according to a veteran ...
April 11, 2007
Senate Panel Members Back Insurers On Medicare PlansBoth Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee praised a Medicare Advantage program proposal offered by insurers.Committee members implied that Medicare Advantage program critics ...
April 11, 2007
EBRI: Americans Think Tomorrow Will Look Like TodayCurrent U.S. workers seem to think they will enjoy roughly the same lifestyle as current retirees.The Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, has published data supporting ...
April 11, 2007
Securities Status Decision Keeps Rider Suit AliveA federal appeals court has decided that, under federal securities laws, a children's term life rider should be reviewed separately from the primary insured's variable ...
April 11, 2007
Milliman: Investment Returns Plump Up Pension PlansSolid stock market performance and rising interest rates helped large employers improve the funding status of defined benefit pension plans in 2006.Researchers at Milliman, Seattle, ...
April 11, 2007
Unum Unveils LogoA large disability insurer has introduced a new logo and a new slogan.Unum, Chattanooga, Tenn., which recently changed its name from UnumProvident Corp., has adopted ...
April 11, 2007
Marketing Group Sets Its CourseThe officers and board members of the Life Insurance Direct Marketing Association recently set association priorities for 2007-2008.LIDMA, Woodstock, Ga., founded in 2007-2008, represents producers, ...
April 11, 2007
UnitedHealth To Adjudicate Claims In 10 SecondsA managed care company giant says it will use the Web to give doctors and plan members reimbursement and patient billing information almost instantaneously.UnitedHealthcare, a ...