National Underwriter Life & Health Magazine August 17, 2009
Cover Story
Scarred By The Meltdown
Scars of the economic meltdown that started late in 2007 are evident in several of the categories in our annual life and health statistical report.
Focus
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Health Insurers In 2008: Claims Often Outpaced Premium Growth
Sitting atop the health insurance business with premiums earned of more than twice the second-place insurer is
News
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Heat Turns Up On Healthcare Reform
The debate over healthcare reform has taken a tumultuous turn as constituents voice their concern to members of Congress returning to their districts for the summer recess
Features
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In Fixed Annuities, Don't Ignore Value Just For The Rate
With short-term Treasuries and bank certificates of deposit offering rates only slightly above sea level, the 3.5% to 6% guaranteed returns offered by today's fixed annuities have been very attractive
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2008 Voluntary Sales Showed Steady Rise
Voluntary benefit sales continued to grow in 2008, according to our recently released U.S. Worksite Sales Report
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Dental Renewals Hold Steady
At large U.S. employers, 2010 dental benefits may be similar to what the employees have now
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The Rewards Of Financial Planning For Special Needs Families
Financial planners play a frequently unrecognized but essential role in ensuring that individuals with special needs receive the care and support they need and deserve after their parents or caregivers are gone
Opinion
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Wishing For Waterloo
Who knew that health care reform was so hot a potato, so radioactive a subject, so visceral an issue that it would be the impetus for congressmen being hanged in effigy
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Despite The Polls, Health Care Reform Will Happen
For the Obama administration, these are dark days
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Our Business Should Not Be Taken For Granted
One of the most prophetic of modern economists, the late Harvard Professor Joseph A. Schumpeter, hypothesized that capitalism would ultimately be undone from within the system
