UnumProvident Clears Out Old Individual DI Policies
By Allison BellNU Online News Service, May 6, 2004, 5:47 p.m. EDT -- UnumProvident Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn., is trying to clean house.[@@]The disability insurance and worksite ...
May 06, 2004
NASD Pushing New Oversight Requirements For Variable AnnuitiesNASD Pushing New Oversight Requirements For Variable AnnuitiesByWashingtonDeferred variable annuities would come under a new set of suitability, disclosure and principal review requirements under a ...
May 06, 2004
Jefferson National Reports Market Timing ProbeByJefferson National Life Insurance Company, Louisville, Ky., says it is being investigated for potential market timing and late trading activities related to its variable annuities.In ...
May 06, 2004
Making Accelerated Benefits BetterModify The Survival RequirementTo The Editor:When I was medical director at a direct writing company, the claims administrators occasionally turned to me for an opinion ...
May 06, 2004
U.S. Group Disability Premiums Rose 8% In 2003ByU.S. insurers protected 1% more workers against long-term disabilities in 2003 than in 2002, and 3% more workers against short-term disabilities.In its latest group disability ...
May 06, 2004
Regulators Shut Down Fla. Viatical CompanyNU Online News Service, May 6, 2004, 6:17 p.m. EDT -- Federal securities regulators and Florida insurance regulators have shut down the largest U.S. ...
May 06, 2004
The Traditional Top 3 Test Can Be DeceivingByIf you sell group long-term disability insurance, you want to work with an insurer that takes a flexible but sensible approach to risk analysis.One problem ...
May 06, 2004
Time To Unmask The 'Death Tax' ScamTime To Unmask The Death Tax ScamI hope Tom Daschle is right in his prognosis that time is on the side of reform of the ...