Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Life Groups Join Effort To Oppose Antitrust Repeal
By Arthur D. PostalMany insurance company trade groups have joined with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to sign a letter asking Congress to oppose repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson ...
March 25, 2007
Securitization Piquing Reinsurers' InterestReinsurers' growing interest in securitization was evident during a recent industry conference that examined the role the capital market is coming to play in the ...
March 25, 2007
North Dakota Viatical And Suitability Bills AdvanceLegislation in North Dakota addressing investor-owned life insurance and suitability of annuity transactions has advanced in the state legislature.The viatical bill, SB 2268, came out ...
March 25, 2007
NQDC Provisions Before Congress Remain UncertainThe fate of provisions severely curtailing the use of non-qualified deferred compensation packages is likely to remain up in the air for a while, insurance ...
March 25, 2007
North Dakota Viatical And Suitability Bills AdvanceLegislation in North Dakota addressing investor-owned life insurance and suitability of annuity transactions has advanced in the state legislature.The viatical bill, SB 2268, came out ...
March 25, 2007
Bank Insurance Brokerage Fees Rose To $4.1 Billion in 2006Banks increased their insurance brokerage fee income to a record $4.08 billion in 2006, up 3.7% from $3.93 billion the year before, according to the ...
March 25, 2007
2006 Fixed Annuity Sales Drop 3.3%Fixed annuity sales in 2006 fell 3.3% from the previous year, reaching an estimated $70.9 billion, according to Beacon Research, an Evanston, Ill., fixed annuity ...
March 25, 2007
Dems: We Are Not Trying To Kill Medicare AdvantageDemocrats in Congress are not planning to eliminate the Medicare Advantage program offered by insurers--despite their claims to the contrary--the chairman of the Health Subcommittee ...