Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Privacy Action In California Split
By Jim ConnollyNU Online News Service, Sept. 5, 11:47 a.m. -- California's state legislative session ended on Aug. 31 with one major privacy bill being killed ...
September 04, 2002
Highmark Defends Surplus PositionNU Online News Service, Sept. 4, 2:45 p.m. -- Highmark Inc., Pittsburgh, is trying to defend its need for a high level of surplus.Highmark, ...
September 03, 2002
PWBA: Benefit Plans Can Sell Life Policies To TrustsNU Online News Service, Sept. 3, 7:15 p.m. -- The Pension Welfare Benefits Administration says employee benefit plans can sell individual life insurance policies ...
September 01, 2002
No-Lapse Guarantee Riders Redefine Cost Of Death Benefit ProtectionByWhich is less expensive? Whole life, universal life, or variable universal life?For a general question like that, the answer is, "It depends," with the variable ...
September 01, 2002
Fitch Says RBC Ratios Improved in 2001ByRisk-based capital ratios of U.S. life insurers improved in 2001, according to Fitch Ratings, Ltd., New York.The ratios improved to 366% at year-end 2001 from ...
September 01, 2002
Full Disclosure's Survivorship Life ReportFull Disclosures Survivorship Life ReportA key to a competent product analysis is knowledge of what each product is designed to do--its "ideal purpose" if you ...
September 01, 2002
SVL Product Design ObjectivesAllmerica Financial Survivorship VULLow premiums; maximum retirement income; long term values; flexibility; features; high target premiums.American General Life (AIG Inc.) Platinum Investor Survivor IIHigh target ...
September 01, 2002
SUL Product Design ObjectivesAmerican General (AIG Inc.) Platinum Survivor UltraLow premium to carry; high death benefit.AmerUs Life Ultimate Survivor Series IIIFlexibility.Banner Life Survivor LifeSecondary guarantees.Canada Life Lifetime 2Secondary ...