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Faster, Friendlier Older-Age Underwriting On The Way
By Hank GeorgeWith the flowering of "financial services," life insurers are now seriously questioning the appropriateness of cumbersome, time-consuming and blatantly customer-unfriendly screening tests.
April 20, 2009
Fuzzy Picture On Estate Tax ReformPermanent estate tax legislation could be delayed until 2010 by Congress, lobbyists are cautioning, although final action may not take place until December.
April 20, 2009
Ohio Insurers Test Disclosure TemplateBuckeye State annuity issuers are trying a new, standardized approach to describing fixed annuities and indexed annuities.
April 20, 2009
Congress Set To Start Tackling Health Care ReformHealth issues will be a key congressional focus when Congress returns to work this week from a two-week recess.
April 20, 2009
EIA Sellers Reject SEC PremiseThe fact that "insurance" involves risk taking does not mean that an annuity is automatically subject to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulation, annuity industry lawyers argue in a new brief.
April 20, 2009
Some Insurers Qualify For TARP, But 'Nothing Is Imminent'In the wake of the Treasury Department's delaying for seven months a decision to provide bailout funds for eligible life insurance companies, some of those insurers who initially indicated interest in the program have changed their mind...
April 17, 2009
N.Y. Life Beefs Up Bank Annuity Sales SupportNew York Life Insurance Company says it has increased the number of sales and service staff helping to sell annuities and other retirement products through banks.
April 17, 2009
Personnel Changes: NAVA, Renaissance, OthersNAVA has hired Lee Covington to be senior vice president and general counsel.