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A Special Pool
American Life Insurance Co. included Paragon Life Insurance Co., which had developed a similar business. "There have been a lot of other carriers that have come into this space and ...
Source: Best's Review Date: May 1, 2005
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A Grim Year for LTC Insurance
Limra reported, and fell for the third time in four years. New premium declined 20% or more for a majority of carriers participating in Limra's survey, and five of the 12 insurers ...
Source: Best's Review Date: April 1, 2005
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Something New Under the Sun: A Caring Proposition
Health Insurance Plans credit the CNA Financial Corp. with inventing LTC insurance. CNA still has a large block of in-force business, but it stopped writing new policies in ...
Source: Best's Review Date: January 1, 2005
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Bush Speech Lays Out Insurer-Friendly Agenda for Second Term
New York's Madison Square Garden on Sept. 2, Bush declared that his administration's priorities for a second term would include private health savings accounts, establishing ...
Source: BestWire Date: September 3, 2004
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Looking for Funds
Investment Company Institute. For investors seeking the kind of professional money management that funds offer, those numbers and the choices they represent can be bewildering. ...
Source: Best's Review Date: April 1, 2004
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Life at a Crossroads
New leaders emerged. Frank Keating, in his first year as president of the American Council of Life Insurers, spoke openly of a "new ACLI." He forged relationships with other ...
Source: Best's Review Date: March 1, 2004
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Facts and Fortunes
Here are 10 key lessons to remember when dealing with the affluent. Affluent households stay financially fit even in difficult economic times, but they will "circle the wagons." ...
Source: Best's Review Date: December 1, 2003
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Tax Cuts Hurt Competitive Position of Life Products
Republican and Democrat administrations. This year, they haven't been targeted, but they have nonetheless been hurt. Tax-rate cuts this year have benefited owners of stocks and ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 14, 2003
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Notebook: Web News You Can Use
Explanation of Benefits information. The insurer's next step is to leverage the edocs platform to enable consolidated online billing and reporting for providers. Manulife USA ...
Source: Best's Review Date: October 1, 2003
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Opportunity for Option
... Envisioning a Federal Option Our proposal is a consumer-oriented approach. We think that market competition is the best regulator of price and the best way to attract new entrants ...
Source: Best's Review Date: August 1, 2003
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Senator: Medical Liability Debate Centers on Caps
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. "As those discussions took place, trial lawyers realized that common sense might prevail in coming to some middle of the road ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 4, 2003
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'Revolutionary' Changes Foreseen in Immediate Annuities
Chicago office of Milliman USA Inc. But more substantial changes may be in store over the longer term, he said. Only about 15 or 20 insurers offer variable immediate annuities, ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 23, 2002
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Can Annuities Pass Muster?
Because they are a type of insurance product, annuities offer tax deferral. Critics say placing them inside a tax-deferred vehicle is redundant, unnecessary and costly to ...
Source: Best's Review Date: July 1, 2000
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NEEDS EXHIBIT: RIMS 2000: Year of the Internet
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Boston. "This year they're doing it." a survey conducted by Liberty Mutual and released at the conference revealed that four out of five risk managers ...
Source: Best's Review Date: June 1, 2000
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