Older workers’ have become more assured of their ability to retire comfortably has rebounded modestly in the past year, although they are still not as confident as they were before the financial crisis.

The number of workers signing up for life insurance benefits increased to 69% in 2010 from 64% in 2009, according to a new report.

Variable annuities (VAs) carrying a guaranteed living benefit rider generated $20.3 billion of new deferred VA premium in the second quarter of 2010, an 18% increase over the first quarter.

Creation of health exchanges through the new healthcare reform law will result in a net increase in the number of employers who offer health insurance coverage, a new study by the RAND Corp. predicts.

A study by two nonprofit organizations finds employees contributing a greater share of their employers’ health care coverage than they did last year.

Less-than-stellar financial figures from the United States, coupled with ongoing concerns over sovereign debt limits in Western Europe, helped to fuel real concern about a sovereign debt default crisis.

A northeastern insurer is unveiling a series of sales and marketing programs it hopes will help it to boost its share of the middle market for defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans.

A new study has uncovered a gender gap in life insurance coverage between working, married men and women with children under the age of 18.

Variable annuity sales for the top 17 carriers in the second quarter rose to $11.8 billion, from $10.3 billion in the first quarter, according to the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).

A regulatory body in Taiwan has rejected American International Group Inc.’s agreement to sell its Nan Shan Life Insurance Company Ltd. to buyers in China.