Life insurance buyers who meet face-to-face and receive a recommendation on how much life insurance to buy are more apt to buy policies, according to new research.

In a “new trend” this year, U.S. consumers reduced their medical spending because of the economy and rising health care costs, which they blame on “wasteful” spending in the health care system, a survey found.

Insurers must modify their sales strategies to appeal to modern consumers looking foremost for good advice and quality interactions through multiple interaction points, a new report says.

U.S. consumers are more likely that people in other countries to “blindly renew” their auto insurance policies year after year, a new survey finds.

Most consumers are confused about the provisions in federal health reform and are not aware of when those first provisions take effect, a state regulators’ survey indicates.

While it has no problem with sharing its rate-filing request with the public, State Farm has filed for an injunction preventing Texas regulators from sharing what it calls “proprietary” information online.

Nearly 24 million Americans — or 10% of the entire online population — visited a health insurance website in the fourth quarter of last year, with Aetna logging the most visitors, new research suggests.

The State of New York will now have a member of its insurance department monitoring competition in the industry and other market initiatives, ensuring regulators are meeting the needs of policyholders.

The opportunity that became available Jan. 1 for investors with more than $100,000 in annual income to convert their traditional IRA to a Roth IRA has gone largely unnoticed.

More Americans are turning to the Internet for information about life insurance, according to a new study.