All the headlines from our Life Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jul 26 2007 // The board of Friends Provident PLC and Resolution PLC announced that they have agreed on terms to combine two of Britain’s largest life insurers through a stock swap.The new company, Friends Financial Group PLC,...
Jul 23 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services is seeking public comments on its proposed amendment of the state’s administrative rules relating to assessments against insurers to fund regulatory...
Jul 5 2007 // “The outlook on rated Korean non-life insurers remains stable,” says a report from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, “reflecting the expectation that underwriting performance may gradually...
Jul 5 2007 // The Hong Kong office of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report affirming the stable outlook on most of the insurance markets in the Asia-Pacific region. “They reflect strengthening balance...
Jun 12 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of “A++” (Superior) and assigned issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa+” to State Farm Group and its P/C members and life affiliates....
May 30 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance issued an alert to agents and consumers concerning a nontraditional insurance product offering it is investigating. The bulletin advised Texas insurance agents to exercise caution with...