The number of questionable insurance claims last year, although 24% more than in 2008, is a “statistical no big deal,” according to a National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) official.

While corporate pension funds “bit the bullet” on funding their pension plan obligations, public plans and unions could be in jeopardy of “going broke.”

Indexed annuities had record sales for a second consecutive year, reaching $32.1 billion, according to LIMRA’s analysis of sales.

Sales of variable annuities increased by 10% last year, reaching $140.5 billion, fueled by equity market growth and people’s desire for guaranteed income riders.

Men and women disagree about who “wears the finance pants” when it comes to making financial decisions, a survey shows.

U.S. health insurance companies are expected to show no overall increase in medical expenses for 2010 – a first in the last decade.

Life insurance application activity fell 1.2% last year, compared declines of more than 3% for the prior three years, according to a new report.

Effectively targeting the middle market will increase the number of life insurance policies, despite the prediction that overall individual life insurance sales will remain “flat,” a new survey says.

Support for a repeal of the health reform law, which U.S. House Republicans plan to mount starting Jan. 18, is dropping, a new poll finds.

The statutory net income of the largest U.S. life insurance groups more than doubled on a combined basis in the third quarter last year, compared to same period in the prior year, according to a new financial analysis.