long-term care insurance

• Bad Faith and Beyond

  By Jay M. Feinman  |  April 25, 2012

  The debate about bad faith can get heated, but one thing is clear: New conceptions are coming to the fore.

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  SEC Considers Volcker Rule Exemption for Insurers

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  March 8, 2012

  The SEC is considering giving insurers a broad exemption from the Volcker Rule, which restricts financial institutions from engaging in certain kinds of speculative investing.

• IQ: Voluntary Benefits: Employers Focused on Employee Satisfaction

  By Industry IQ  |  December 1, 2011

• While All Eyes Are On FIO, Fed Regulation Could Come From FSOC

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 4, 2011

  Disclosure that the Federal Reserve Board has subjected MetLife to a “stress test” should put to rest any thoughts that the insurance industry has repulsed intervention by federal regulators into their business, a concern that was raised by the near-failure of American International Group.

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  FIO Appointee McRaith To Stay With Illinois Dept. Until End Of May

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 18, 2011

  Michael McRaith, the Illinois insurance director who will become the first head of the Federal Insurance Office, has told his staff that he will continue at his present job “through at least the end of May.”

• IIPRC Elects New Officers For 2011

  By Staff Writer  |  December 30, 2010

  The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission (IIPRC) recently elected its new officers for 2011 during a special election.

• Baby Boomers, Agents, and Health Care

  By Richard Schwartz  |  September 1, 2010

  The federal health-care reform bill is having an enormous affect on two seemingly disparate groups: Baby Boomers and insurance agents. Premiums are going up, and commissions are going down.

• What are the Odds?

  By Debora Hillier,CIC  |  August 9, 2010

  Debora Hiller offers six steps to develop and implement a financial plan for property-casualty clients.

• Insurers Look To Help Craft Fin'l Reform Regulations

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 22, 2010

  Now that President Barack Obama has signed financial services reform into law, an intense lobbying effort will be set in motion to shape the regulations that will implement the bill to the liking of insurers, brokers and other interested parties.

• President Signs Fin. Svcs. Reform; Insurers Turn Focus To Regs

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 21, 2010

  President Obama has signed financial services reform legislation, setting in motion an intense effort by interested parties to shape the regulations that will implement the bill to their liking.

• Writing Employee Benefit Plans in the New Normal

  By Rick Stark  |  July 1, 2010

  The only thing certain about the future of the employee benefits market today is uncertainty. The marketplace is a work in progress due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act recently enacted by Congress.

• UIS and Gaines & Smith Merge

  By Staff Writer  |  June 3, 2010

  Universal Insurance Services of Florida, Inc. and Gaines & Smith Financial Group, Inc., have merged into a single business.

• Avoid Hazards and Reap Rewards When Selling Long-Term Care Insurance

  By Michael Teller  |  April 1, 2010

  Discussing general insurance matters with your clients is difficult enough. However, when the topic is the complicated, emotionally charged issue of long-term care insurance (LTCI), you are now involved in one very difficult presentation.

• Fraud Still Rearing Its Ugly Head

  By Ken Brownlee  |  March 5, 2010

  This column began as a complaint, and that is what it remains.

• Celent Expands Insurance Group

  By Staff Writer  |  March 4, 2010

  Celent, a financial research and consulting firm, has hired two insurance analysts and a senior account manager for the insurance group.

• Designing Benefits for the Generations

  By James Shepherd, Dorothy Miraglia  |  February 1, 2010

  For most of us, understanding how to develop and promote superior benefits packages for today's age-diverse workforce is a bit like talking on the phone, texting on our PDAs, and checking e-mail on our laptops -- all at the same time.