Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Empire State Clarifies Mental Health Parity Law
By Staff WriterThe New York State Insurance Department has put out a new round of guidance to help insurers interpret the state's tough new mental health parity ...
February 26, 2007
The Rep's Broader RoleLots of words have been written about the buy-sell agreement. But little has been said about the significant role the field representative can play in ...
February 26, 2007
Employers Show More Interest In Improving Benefit PlansAs the baby boomers age, employers are showing more interest in using benefits to keep the workers they know than to attract new workers.Only 30% ...
February 26, 2007
Study: Expanding Medicaid Beats Employer MandatePaying for more government health insurance might be a lot cheaper than requiring employers and individuals to buy health coverage.A team of researchers lead by ...
February 26, 2007
Carrier Chooses Bricks And MortarBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is trying to get closer to its customers.Just 10 years after some financial services companies were predicting that ...
February 26, 2007
Cabbage Producer Chooses Plan FiduciaryHollar and Green Produce Company has selected Presidium Retirement Advisers Inc. to help run its 401(k) plan.Presidium, Charlotte, N.C., will assume a fiduciary role and ...
February 26, 2007
Transamerica Expands Rollover Firm RelationshipA large retirement services provider is working more closely with a firm that helps departing 401(k) plan participants shift assets into individual retirement accounts.Transamerica Retirement ...
February 26, 2007
DTCC Offers Services To Noninsurance VendorsThe Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. is offering its retirement plan services to broker-dealers that sell noninsurance benefits such as mutual funds.Under a recent filing ...