Susan Rupe
Managing Editor at InsuranceNewsNet
Award-winning writer, editor and blogger covering the world of life/health insurance for the nation's leading industry publication. #fintwit @InsNewsNet
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insurancenewsnet.com | Susan Rupe
By Susan Rupe Finseca believes the financial services profession and industry has an opportunity “to go on offense” now that a new administration and a new Congress has taken over the reins in Washington. That was the word from Marc Cadin, Finseca CEO, who spoke with InsuranceNewsNet about his association’s legislative and regulatory priorities in the coming year. “We're increasingly focused on what policies we can pursue that would help grow the profession and help the profession serve more...
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2 weeks ago |
insurancenewsnet.com | Susan Rupe
An aging population combined with increased usage of long-term care insurance means more opportunity for misuse of funds and fraud, waste and abuse. That was the word from Jeff Ferrand, vice president of fraud services at illumifin, who spoke before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Senior Issues (B) Task Force.
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2 weeks ago |
insurancenewsnet.com | Susan Rupe
Long-term care in the U.S. is in crisis, and one way to help more Americans prepare for future care needs is for LTC insurance carriers to focus on the middle market. That was one recommendation made by the American Academy of Actuaries, whose findings on the state of LTCi were discussed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Senior Issues (B) Task Force. “No one can deny there is a crisis,” said Steve Schoonveld, a member of the academy’s Long-Term Care Committee.
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2 weeks ago |
insurancenewsnet.com | Susan Rupe
By Susan Rupe Tariffs have radically altered Morningstar’s second-quarter U.S. economic outlook as the organization’s chief U.S. economist said President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs have pushed projected gross domestic product down, pushed projected inflation rates up and increased the risk of a recession to 40%. “These tariffs will set in motion a cascade of supply and demand shocks,” Preston Caldwell said in a Morningstar webinar Tuesday. Morningstar is projecting 2025 GDP growth at...
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2 weeks ago |
insurancenewsnet.com | Susan Rupe
Faced with rate increases, many long-term care insurance policyholders are confronted with difficult decisions. Do they bite the bullet and pay more for their LTCi coverage? Do they opt to reduce their benefits in an attempt to save money? Or do they choose to stop paying on their policies altogether? The Center for Insurance Policy and Research delved into that issue and presented some of its findings to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Senior Issues (B) Task Force.
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