Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Garamendi Unveils AnthemWellPoint Proposal
By Allison BellCalifornia insurance regulators want to put limits on a proposed acquisition of WellPoint Health Networks Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif.[@@]California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi hopes ...
June 24, 2004
TRIA Bill Punts On Group LifeByWashingtonThe Treasury Department would again have to decide whether to include group life insurance in the federal terrorism reinsurance program under legislation introduced in the ...
June 23, 2004
Survey: High Earners Worry More About Life InsuranceNU Online News Service, June 23, 2004, 6:01 p.m. EDTFewer high-income consumers think they are paying enough attention to life insurance, but they might ...
June 23, 2004
TRIA Bill Punts On Group LifeThe Treasury Department may have to decide again whether to include group life insurance in the federal terrorism reinsurance program.[@@]A bill just introduced in ...
June 23, 2004
Fitch: 2003 Life Insurer Investment Losses Down 75%Fitch Ratings Ltd., New York, is starting to calculate just what a great year 2003 was for U.S. life insurers.[@@]Low interest rates were tough ...
June 23, 2004
Independence Acquires Annuity BlockNU Online News Service, June 23, 2004, 12:24 p.m. EDTIndependence Holding Company, Stamford, Conn., says one of its units has acquired an annuity block ...
June 22, 2004
TRIA Bill May Leave Group Life Status UnclearIt's still unclear what the main effort to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program will mean for group life insurance.[@@]Sources have told National Underwriter ...
June 18, 2004
Citizens To Pay $85 Million For La. Life InsurerNU Online News Service, June 18, 2004, 5:28 p.m. EDTCitizens Inc., Austin, Texas, has agreed to pay $85 million in cash for a small ...