Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
U.S. Death Rate Expected to Remain High: Analysts
By Allison BellAnalysts think mortality rates will normalize by 2030, and could even be lower than expected for individual annuity holders.
August 31, 2022
U.S. Life Expectancy Fell Another 1.2 Years in 2021Life expectancy has dropped a total of 2.7 years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
August 30, 2022
Life Settlement Firm Plans to Go Public Through $619M SPAC DealAbacus Life is helping to oversee life policies that could pay $950 million in benefits.
August 25, 2022
Life and Annuity Issuers Look Strong: S&PRating analysts see issuers preparing for the possible arrival of a recession in 2023.
August 25, 2022
COVID-19 Kept U.S. Q1 Group Life Death Claims HighThe group life claim count was 20% higher than the pre-pandemic level.
August 25, 2022
Life and Annuity Issuers Still Need Modernization Help: GenpactThe IT services company wants to plug old and new systems into the same "orchestration layer."
August 25, 2022
Life Insurers Need to Balance Speed With Risk Assessment: Brett LakerThe UnderwriteMe executive says there may be limits to efforts to streamline the application underwriting process.
August 24, 2022
Volatility and Life InsuranceA policy appraiser has an idea about where clients could find unexpected cash value.