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Less-than-stellar financial figures from the United States, coupled with ongoing concerns over sovereign debt limits in Western Europe, helped to fuel real concern about a sovereign debt default crisis.
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A study by two nonprofit organizations finds employees contributing a greater share of their employers’ health care coverage than they did last year.
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Creation of health exchanges through the new healthcare reform law will result in a net increase in the number of employers who offer health insurance coverage, a new study by the RAND Corp. predicts.
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Variable annuities (VAs) carrying a guaranteed living benefit rider generated $20.3 billion of new deferred VA premium in the second quarter of 2010, an 18% increase over the first quarter.
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The number of workers signing up for life insurance benefits increased to 69% in 2010 from 64% in 2009, according to a new report.
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Older workers’ have become more assured of their ability to retire comfortably has rebounded modestly in the past year, although they are still not as confident as they were before the financial crisis.
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Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Horsham, Pa., has hired Timothy Thompson to be manager of the Dougherty Agency’s new office.
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The Senate is expected to take up as early as the week of Sept. 13 changes to the to the health care reform law designed to limit a stringent tax-reporting mandate.
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Tax credits in the healthcare reform law designed to offset health insurance premium costs mean that small businesses will be one of the first groups to benefit from the legislation, according to a new report.
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The U.S. remains the leading retirement market, accounting for more than half of the world’s total retirement assets of nearly $28 trillion, according to a new report.
