All the headlines from our Life Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 16 2008 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed American International Group’s Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘AA’ and affirmed its ratings on all of AIG’s insurance subsidiaries at the same level. The rating outlook is...
Dec 21 2007 // Fitch Ratings has issued a report indicating that it is maintaining a stable outlook on the UK non-life insurance sector, “as insurers remain on the path of underwriting discipline in the face of more challenging...
Dec 18 2007 // The rating agencies have generally been positive about ACE’s acquisition of Aon’s Combined Life Insurance Company and Munich Re’s purchase of Sterling Life. The specific reactions were as follows:A.M....
Dec 10 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced various rating actions on insurance companies with public information (pi) ratings. S&P explained that “ratings with a ‘pi’ subscript are...
Dec 7 2007 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of “Snapshots India Non-Life Insurance 2007” and “Snapshots Netherlands Non-Life Insurance 2007” to their offering.The report on the Indian...
Dec 4 2007 // The Supreme Court declined this week to rule on a case that tests whether states such as Virginia can regulate the sale of life insurance by policyholders to investors, a practice known as “viatical” or life...
Nov 29 2007 // A report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services concludes that Japan’s top nine non-life insurers recorded ¥173 billion ($1.575 billion) in interim net profits for the first half of fiscal 2007 (ended...
Nov 21 2007 // A man whose wife was shot to death — a killing that attracted national attention because the couple lived near Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton — is trying to collect nearly half a million dollars on her life insurance,...
Nov 16 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published “How Middle East Non-Life Insurers Are Developing From A Rating Perspective: A Comparison With The U.K..” S&P initially stated: “Middle...
Nov 7 2007 // Fitch Ratings has released a new report outlining the “Prism scores” for 99 U.S. life and non-life insurance groups using 2006 year-end data. “Prism is Fitch’s global stochastic economic capital...
Oct 18 2007 // N.H. commissioner weighs in on North Dakota insurance legislation Received by Newsfinder from AP Oct 16, 2007 19:34 Eastern Time Editors Note NH angle in 4th graf. By DALE WETZEL Associated Press WriterBISMARCK, N.D. (AP)...
Oct 9 2007 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has added “Snapshots Czech Republic Non-Life Insurance 2007” to their offering“Snapdatas Snapshots Czech Republic Non-Life Insurance 2007 provides 2005 year-end market...
Oct 5 2007 // A New York federal jury is deciding whether two defendants will get the death penalty for a series of life insurance killings. Former postal worker Ronald Mallay and former insurance agent Richard James were convicted in...
Oct 5 2007 // Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Life Insurance Co. says it sees great opportunity—and a natural market connection—for developing employee benefits programs through the commercial lines business generated by the...
Oct 1 2007 // Consumer spokesmen want a national group of insurance regulators to toughen its conflict-of-interest policies, in part because of questions raised by last month’s resignation of former North Dakota Insurance...
Sep 27 2007 // Research and Markets has added “Non-Life Insurance in Brazil” to their offering. The research firm said its new offering is “an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the non-life...
Sep 25 2007 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has added Datamonitor’s new report: “Global Non-life Insurance” to their offering.R&M said its “Global Non-life Insurance industry profile is an essential...
Sep 21 2007 // Research and Markets has added “Snapshots Canada Non-Life Insurance 2007” to their offering, as part of the research firm’s Snapdata series. The report “provides 2005 year-end market size data, with...
Aug 10 2007 // An employer may use a payment to an injured worker under its group life and disability plan to offset its workers’ compensation benefit payment, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.The plaintiff had argued...
Aug 6 2007 // Oregon seeking comments on insurer assessmentsOregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services is seeking public comments on its proposed amendment of administrative rules relating to assessments against...