A MetLife study found employers consider worker benefits as the way to retain employees in a tightening labor market…
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The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) said its members believe there are flaws in the process for designating insurers as systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs)…
Congressional members want to intervene on behalf of state regulators to ensure that international insurance rules being negotiated by the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board do not impact the current state-based U.S. insurance regulatory system…
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Such is the spectacle of celebrity disasters. The tales might change from year to year, but the morals thread them
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Devices such as Apple Watch and Fitbit are becoming a part of more Americans’ lifestyles. Insurance carriers are taking notice.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking insurance companies for a list of their incentives, which she says constitute a conflict of interest…
The Senate Banking Committee has a hearing on fears in the insurance industry of international influence on regulation…
U.S. life insurers reported that they began the year well-capitalized with strong balance sheets resulting from favorable equity and credit markets throughout 2014…
The labor secretary says 75 days, followed by a hearing and another comment period is enough…
The so-called “guardrail” that limits the expected yield that can be illustrated for index universal life (IUL) insurance prospects is among the factors that will be affected by proposed new rules governing IUL illustrations…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) wants to simplify its communication with the public by eliminating certain filing requirements…
A report found areas of noncompliance dealing with the purchase of variable annuities by senior investors…
New Fiduciary Rule Could Cover Insurance Agents
“The fiduciary can be a broker, registered investment advisor, insurance agent, or other type of advisor.”…
The next task would be for the board to develop membership standards for the organization…
MetLife said Bill Wheeler, president of the Americas since 2011, will retire in August to pursue “other interests.”…
The annual Cost of Care Study found that the cost of providing service in the home has grown less across the board over the past five years than services provided in either an assisted living facility or in a nursing home…
A report alleges that the BrokerCheck system of “red flag” information about problem brokers withholds detailed data available through many state securities agencies…
