Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Frankel Sentenced; Diamond Auction Raises $9 Million
By Trevor ThomasFinancier Martin Frankel has been sentenced to almost 17 years in federal prison for embezzling funds from 7 insurance companies he controlled.[@@]More than 20 ...
December 09, 2004
Flexible VA Reserving Approach AdvancesBy Jim ConnollyNew OrleansA proposal that would create a minimum floor for reserving for variable annuities with guarantees will not receive the support of the ...
December 09, 2004
Commissioners Step In To End UL Reserving 'Cat Fight'Commissioners Step In To End UL Reserving Cat FightByNew OrleansA controversy over reserving for universal life policies with secondary guarantees has prompted insurance commissioners to ...
December 09, 2004
NAIC Puts Broker Comp Model On Fast TrackByNew OrleansFollowing up on a promise for completion by year-end of a model regulation to address broker compensation disclosure, regulators turned their attention to what ...
December 08, 2004
Allianz Life Hires AdamekNU Online News Service, Dec. 8, 2004, 5:15 p.m. ESTA major health reinsurer has a new marketing executive.[@@]Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, ...
December 08, 2004
RollOver Signs N.Y. Life, American CenturyNU Online News Service, Dec. 8, 2004, 3:49 p.m. ESTMore companies have joined a Web-based program that sells individual retirement accounts and other products ...
December 08, 2004
Goldberg To Help Bankers Life With StrategyNU Online News Service, Dec. 8, 2004, 5:20 p.m. ESTA unit of Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind., has brought in a senior planner.[@@]Bankers Life and ...
December 07, 2004
Phoenix To Sell Surplus NotesNU Online News Service, Dec. 7, 2004, 4:01 p.m. ESTA Hartford insurer is raising $175 million through a private placement.[@@]The Phoenix Companies Inc. says ...