Life Insurance News

November 5, 2021

MetLife Has Paid $2.1B in U.S. COVID-19 Death Claims

MetLife has paid a total of about $2.1 billion in life insurance benefits in connection with COVID-19-related deaths since the pandemic started in January 2020. The 2021 COVID-19 death benefits payments have been higher than the 2020 payments, according to Michel Khalaf, the New York-based company’s CEO.
March 15, 2021

Life Insurers Fight Social Media Vaccine Disinformation

What You Need to Know Some social media posts state life insurers classify getting a COVID-19 vaccine as a hazardous pursuit. One claim is that life […]
February 23, 2021

John Hancock Has a Not-So-Secret Weapon for Tracking COVID-19

Today, the health information the program collects is giving John Hancock a kind of data window it can use to watch the COVID-19 pandemic sweep across the world.
October 16, 2020

Americans are ‘panic buying’ life insurance due to coronavirus pandemic

Hank George says accelerated underwriting programs may miss the effects of the lockdown recession.
September 14, 2020

COVID-19 and Fast Underwriting Are a Bad Mix: Veteran Underwriter

Hank George says accelerated underwriting programs may miss the effects of the lockdown recession.
August 10, 2020

Young Consumers Have Noticed Life Insurance: MIB

Digital underwriting and the threat of COVID-19 led to a shocking increase in application activity.
July 23, 2020

The State of the Life Insurance Industry Is Good

A working agent says plenty of solid companies and solid products are still out there.
June 10, 2020

Life Application Activity Soars: MIB

There are many reasons why making sales is more difficult, and many why the need is still there.
March 17, 2020

How Coronavirus and The Stock Market Is Affecting Your Life Insurance Policy

If you own a permanent cash value life insurance policy, you may have lost money due to the stock market. Buying an affordable and stable term life insurance policy is a way to hedge your losses to protect your family from the growing Coronavirus concern.