Core and Group Health

Yesterday was a good day. (And, no, I didn't make the cut for Time's Person of the Year honor this year, either.)

As we prepare to enter a new decade and await the impact of legislation passed but not yet written from our friends at the Securities and Exchange Commission, it might prove prudent to post some New Years resolutions.

In the third quarter, statutory net income of the largest U.S. life insurance groups more than doubled on a combined basis year over year, according to SNL Financial's analysis of third-quarter 2010 statutory insurance data.

The life/health industry is weathering the economic crisis with net premiums increasing for the first time in two years.

MetLife is enhancing its small-business group life benefits portfolio by adding will preparation and estate resolution services as standard features to its supplemental term life and core/buy-up term life insurance coverages.

The Department of Health and Human Services released new rules Thursday for limited medical benefit plans until 2014 when these policies can no longer be sold.