Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Symetra Unveils VL Product
By Staff WriterA West Coast insurer has introduced a variable life insurance policy designed for wealthy clients.Symetra Life Insurance Company, Bellevue, Wash., says it developed the new ...
February 21, 2007
CMS: Health Care Spending To Double By 2016Increases in spending on prescription drugs will moderate, but they still will contribute heavily to 6.9% average annual growth in U.S. health expenditures over the ...
February 21, 2007
Program Helps Patients Fight CancerPrincipal Financial Group Inc. says it will be trying to do more to help health plan members cope with cancer.Principal, Des Moines, Iowa, has set ...
February 20, 2007
Penn Treaty Says Its Filings Are ComingA long term care insurer has given investors an update on its accounting.Penn Treaty American Corp., Allentown, Pa., says it expects to file its Form ...
February 20, 2007
Boloto Unveils PPO PlansA company is marketing a new health coverage program for employers with as few as 25 employees.Boloto Health Benefits Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a unit of ...
February 20, 2007
GAO: EBSA Needs Routine Exam SystemThe Employee Benefits Security Administration should examine a random sample of pension and retirement plans as well as plans that spark complaints.An official at the ...
February 20, 2007
Pension Insurer Drafts Rate RegulationsThe Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is starting to update the pension insurance premium structure.The agency has proposed a rule to implement pension insurance premium provisions ...
February 19, 2007
IRS Rules On Life Policy Grantor Trust TransfersThe Internal Revenue Service has issued a batch of guidance that could affect life insurance policyholders and others who use trusts to transfer policies.The guidance, ...