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 BestWeek - May 15, 2017 Edition
Although the U.S. House squeaked through a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, market watchers say lawmakers have still failed to fix the biggest problem facing health care ins...
Source: BestWeek   Date: May 15, 2017
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 BestWeek US Canada, April 9, 2012 edition
Thank you for downloading this week's Edition of BestWeek. License Reminder Your subscription to BestWeek allows you to download and print a copy for your personal non-commercial ...
Source: BestWeek   Date: April 9, 2012
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Lloyd's McGovern Maintains Concern Over Regulation
February that polled 1,200 business leaders around the globe. "They are worried more about that than about the impact of market conditions and capital and reserving, which is a ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 1, 2011
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Insurer Survey: Many Companies Find Prescription Drug Fraud a Significant Problem
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. The anti-fraud group surveyed 51 insurers, mostly health and workers' compensation carriers, asking about the practice of people acquiring ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 10, 2010
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US Sales of Equity-Indexed Annuities Drop 4% in First Quarter
Annuity and Life Insurance Co., a unit of ING Groep N.V. of the Netherlands, with sales of $453.3 million and a 6.6% market share. A drop in last year's fourth quarter represented ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 17, 2010
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Update: Genworth US Life Products President: New LTC Program Is Supplemental Coverage
...Clarifies the headline and adds new information to the ninth paragraph). The long-term care insurance program contained in the new U.S. health reform law is essentially ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 13, 2010
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New Flood Insurance Authority for Washington Commissioner on Tap
Senate was scheduled to hold an initial committee hearing on S.B. 6240 Jan. 13, with the House of Representatives taking up a companion bill, H.B. 2560, the next day. The ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 13, 2010
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Limra: Total Quarterly Sales of Life Insurance Drop 11%, but Whole Life Sees Gains
Limra said (BestWire, Sept. 14, 2009). Sales are down due to several factors, such as high unemployment, Drescher said. "As much as anything, it's related to economic uncertainty." ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 24, 2009
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Strategy, Technology, Sticking to Basics Credited by Top Gainers in 2008 Total Life Issued
John Hancock subsidiary, said Edelsberg. For term life, John Hancock ranked 11th in 2008, he said, citing Limra data. Daragh O'Sullivan, vice president, life product development at ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 20, 2009
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First-Quarter U.S. Sales of Fixed Annuities Jump 78%
Treasury bonds, Alexander said. Throughout the quarter, average five-year credited rates for fixed annuities exceeded five-year Treasury bond rates by more than 100%, he said. By ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 2, 2009
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U.S. Applications for Life Insurance Down in 2008
Index typically climb at year end, from November through January. However, this most recent period shows values that are more in line with activity seen in the slower summer months ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 24, 2009
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U.S. Sales of Equity-Indexed Annuities Up 5.2% in Third Quarter
Aviva USA maintained its No. 1 position, with total sales of nearly $2 billion. The company increased its market share 7% since the previous quarter - at 29%, the firm said. Aviva ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 1, 2008
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BestWeek: Insurance Professionals See Taxes, Health Care as Key Presidential Issues
Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. Life insurer employees constituted 8.3% of responses. ACLI spokesman Jack Dolan said his group was encouraged to see the importance ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 18, 2008
Insurance Daybook for Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007: U.S. House Mulls Sarbanes-Oxley Survey Results
House Committee on Small Business plans a 10 a.m. panel hearing on the results, published Nov. 8, of a recent Sarbanes-Oxley compliance cost survey. The hearing, titled ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 11, 2007
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Annuity Tracker: Third Quarter U.S. Sales of Equity-Indexed Annuities Drop 2% From Prior Year
Allianz Life has dominated the top spot since 2000. From the same period a year ago, however, Allianz's sales declined a whopping 28%. Many other companies also experienced ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 26, 2007
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Funding Fiasco?
Katrina or the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. In addition, 27.5% of respondents said they foresaw no potential advantages to creating a federal natural disaster ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: October 1, 2006
Report: California Cities Ranked Cheapest for Health Insurance for Young Singles
Buy Health Insurance," is the first report on the largest U.S. cities with the most affordable health insurance for 30-year-old individuals, eHealthInsurance said. The 25-to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 1, 2005
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Consultant: Bank Insurance Brokerage Fee Income Rises
Michael White Associates LLC, a Radnor, Pa.-based bank insurance consulting firm. In the 2005 first quarter, 3,215 banks reported earning insurance brokerage fee income, making up ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 24, 2005
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California Workers' Comp Insurers Saw Earned Premium, Benefit Payments Rise in 2004
Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. Earned premium for workers' comp insurers totaled $23.4 billion last year, up from $20.2 billion in 2003. The workers' comp ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 17, 2005
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Report Details Shortcomings of Mississippi's Workers' Comp System
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission. According to the report, rules and docketing practices of the Commission allows considerable time to prepare for and schedule a ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 10, 2005
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