Search

Group Insurance Market Has An `Identity Problem' TORONTO - The group insurance market has 'an identity problem,' as many group carriers lack a clearly articulated vision of what kind of [...]

Brokers Foresee Group Benefit Shift TORONTO - The group life and health insurance marketplace will include fewer, larger carriers and more self-insured employers, according to a large percentage of brokers [...]

Managed Care Key To Health Co. Survival TORONTO - Health insurers must successfully operate managed health care plans to survive in the marketplace, according to John D. Moynahan Jr., executive [...]

Brokers Foresee Vast Changes In Group Market TORONTO - The group life and health insurance marketplace of the future will include fewer and larger insurance companies and more self-insured employers, [...]

Blues' HMO Plans Recorded Net Gain Of $55M Last Year An increased emphasis on health care utilization management among Blue Cross and Blue Shield's health maintenance organization plans was a [...]

Antitrust Exemption Under Fire In Many States CHICAGO--Partly as a result of California's Proposition 103, which included a repeal of the antitrust exemption for the business of insurance in California, [...]

Antitrust Exemptions Attacked CHICAGO - Partly as a result of California's Proposition 103, the insurance industry's antitrust exemption is being targeted in a number of states, according to Thomas E. [...]

LifeUSA Receives Business Award LifeUSA Chairman and CEO Robert W. MacDonald is the 1990 recipient of the Minnesota Entrepreneur Award for Emerging Companies. The program recognizes individuals and companies 'whose [...]

Dai-ichi, Lincoln Nat'l Deal To Bring Closer Relationships Dai-ichi Mutual Life's purchase of 9.6 percent of Lincoln National Corp. will also give rise to a slew of reciprocal business relationships [...]

American Express Scales Back Auto Cover Program American Express Co. has discontinued an insurance program that offered free car rental insurance to corporate credit cardholders with major companies. Among that [...]

Insurers, Vendors Create Group To Bolster Interface CHICAGO--In an attempt to improve electronic communications among property and casualty agencies and companies, a group of insurers have joined together with several [...]

Illinois House Gives Banks Okay To Sell Insurance Legislation approved recently by the Illinois House allows banks in the state to sell all lines of insurance. Unlike the legislation recently [...]

States Choose Insurers As Tax Hike Candidates State budget shortfalls have made insurers 'a favorite target right now' for tax increases, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers. At [...]

Teaching Skill Called Key To Benefit Broker CHICAGO--Brokers' ability to educate employers and their employees about benefits and provide efficient service are key factors for employers when selecting benefits brokers, [...]

Insurer Fin'l Strength A Selling Plus CHICAGO - Emphasizing the financial strength of insurance companies can help agents in the life insurance selling process, according to Robert Cook, vice president [...]

Agent/Client Relationship Above All CHICAGO - While certain competitive factors in various markets may differ for agents, the agent/client relationship remains the most important factor in all life insurance markets, [...]

Managed Care For Elderly `Encouraging' WASHINGTON - Coordinated care for the elderly and effectiveness research into medical procedures are some of the means for reducing health care costs recommended by [...]

Health Ins. Cos. Need Clear Market Focus To Cut Costs WASHINGTON - A clear market focus, the right corporate culture, insurers' core skills, and a committed leadership team are among [...]

New Personal Lines Co. Licensed In Connecticut Connecticut Life and Casualty Insurance Co., Stamford, the first new insurer in Connecticut in 103 years, has been formed with a focus on [...]

Blues Markets Group UL To Health Ins. Clients To maintain their competitive position, several Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans are marketing universal life insurance to their health insurance clients. [...]

Some Tips On Placing Flex Benefit Plans CHICAGO--Flexible benefits plans offer brokers a means of not only stabilizing benefits costs for employers but preventing loss of benefits business, according to [...]

Do You Have What Employers Want In Their Benefits Broker? CHICAGO--Brokers' ability to educate employers and their employees about benefits and provide efficient service are key factors for employers when [...]

`Nonprofit Protector' Plan Unveiled Nonprofits' Insurance Association, a company formed recently by North Star Risk Services and W.R. Berkley Corp., has introduced a program offering property and liability coverage to [...]

Industry Hits Ohio Prior Approval Move Legislation currently being considered in Ohio to require prior approval of auto insurance rates by the insurance department is unnecessary and could result in [...]

Amer. Military Is Planning Mkt. In West Germany Although overall financial planning is 'non-existent' for West Germans, American military personnel stationed in the country are a significant market for financial [...]

Auto Insurance Problems In Chicago Cited Major auto insurance companies are making it difficult for inner-city residents of Chicago to obtain coverage from them, the Illinois insurance commissioner and the [...]

Videotext Gaining Popularity As Insurance Mktg. Device One of the newest technological marketing advances, videotext systems, is being utilized by an increasing number of insurance companies to market products to [...]

Gen. American Restructures For The 90s As a result of significant growth in its group pension and reinsurance business, General American Life, St. Louis Mo., said it is restructuring its [...]

In Big Turnaround, Blues See A $1 Billion Gain For 1989 After experiencing a $3 billion loss in 1987-88, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is estimating a $1 billion [...]

Health Care, Ethics Are Key Issues In 1990 While operating in the life and health insurance business will be much the same for agents in 1990 as in 1989, several [...]

New LIMRA Service Tracks States' CE Requirements The maze of state continuing education licensing requirements for insurance producers doesn't have to be a complete mystery for agents and companies any [...]

New England Helping Agents Retain Small Group Business While many companies are reducing their small group health insurance business. The New England has renewed its commitment to the market with [...]

New York Life Restructures Its Field Management System As a means of gaining greater responsiveness to agent needs at the field level, New York Life has restructured its field management [...]

Rewards For Top Agents Proliferate As competition for top-producing agents intensifies in the life insurance industry, more and more companies are devising specialized reward programs to enhance these agents' compensation [...]