Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
NAIC Postpones Viatical Model Vote
By Jim ConnollyMembers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners plan to wait at least until June to vote on adopting model changes that could affect the ...
March 12, 2007
Unum President Says Company Can Stand On Its OwnBonita Springs, Fla.No public company can dismiss the idea of being acquired out of hand, but Unum President Thomas Watjen says his company is doing ...
March 12, 2007
Bridging The Income Protection Gap At Smaller CompaniesSmall and midsize businesses may be the growth engine of the U.S. economy, but at companies that have failed to implement income protection programs, a ...
March 12, 2007
Bridging The Income Protection Gap At Smaller CompaniesSmall and midsize businesses may be the growth engine of the U.S. economy, but at companies that have failed to implement income protection programs, a ...
March 12, 2007
Managed Care Company Boosts NCQA PPO ProgramAetna Inc. says it believes its preferred provider organization plans can stand up to the same kind of detailed quality evaluations that its health maintenance ...
March 12, 2007
West Coast Carrier To Pay For Lenses To Change ColorBlue Shield of California and an insurance company affiliate are encouraging vision plan members to buy eyeglasses that protect eyes against ultraviolet light.California Blue, San ...
March 12, 2007
Beaver State Fines Medical InsurersThe Oregon Insurance Division has imposed $70,000 in fines on 2 health carriers.Oregon officials say Time Insurance Company, Milwaukee, and John Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, ...
March 11, 2007
Claims Specialist Calls For Informal SolutionsBonita 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 ...