Latest Life Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Life Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Subsidiary of Health Care Service to Merge with Okla. Member Service Life
Sep 7 2006 // Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, today announced its intent to merge with Oklahoma-based Member Service Life Insurance Company,...
Ohio Anthem Life Insurance Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Sep 5 2006 // Cleveland, Ohio-based Anthem Life Insurance Company announced that in conjunction with the beginning of Life Insurance Awareness Month in September, it is celebrating 50 years of providing group life and disability...
Custer bought life insurance policy before Battle
Sep 4 2006 // A copy of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s life insurance policy is on display at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in North Dakota. The replica of the $5,000 New York Life Insurance policy was taken out on June 4,...
Navigating Washington’s business and occupation tax tangle
Sep 4 2006 // Washington State’s current business and occupation (B&O) tax laws operate under a unique structure that can confuse even the most astute insurance agent or company. Harbored within this structure is the question...
Also, Phillip Hill was elected chief financial officer and vice president of operations. Hill has been part of Ogilvy-Hi
Sep 4 2006 // People Ogilvy-Hill Insurance elected Mark Shipp president and CEO. Shipp has been with Ogilvy Hill for 11 years. In addition to his new role as president/CEO he will continue to build new relationships in the field. The...
Navigating Washington’s business and occupation tax tangle
Sep 4 2006 // Washington State’s current business and occupation (B&O) tax laws operate under a unique structure that can confuse even the most astute insurance agent or company. Harbored within this structure is the question...
Custer bought life insurance policy before Battle
Sep 4 2006 // A copy of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s life insurance policy is on display at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in North Dakota. The replica of the $5,000 New York Life Insurance policy was taken out on June 4,...
Ill. Native Recipient of Life Industry’s John Newton Russel Memorial Award
Aug 31 2006 // James M. Benson, CLU, a successful producer and executive of some of the top companies in the life insurance industry, was named recipient of the 65th annual John Newton Russell Memorial Award. The award recognizes...
Chicago Fort Dearborn Life Acquires HM Life Insurance Company
Aug 17 2006 // Chicago-based Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC), a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, has completed the acquisition of the life and disability business of HM Life Insurance...
Washington Military Policyholders to Share in Settlement
Aug 11 2006 // More than 1,100 current and former military personnel in Washington will be eligible to share in a $70 million multi-state settlement signed by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler over the improper sale of insurance and...
Ohio Military Personnel to Benefit from $70 Million National Settlement
Aug 9 2006 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that the Department has joined a $70 million multi-state and federal settlement with Texas-domiciled American-Amicable Life Insurance Company and its affiliates regarding...
HCC Insurance Holdings Acquires Minn. Allianz Life Insurance
Aug 4 2006 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced today that the Company had reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America’s Health Products Division for a cash...
London-based Aviva PLC Aquires Iowa’s AmerUs for $2.9 Billion
Jul 14 2006 // Aviva PLC, Britain’s largest insurance company, said Thursday it will take over U.S. life insurance company AmerUs Group Co. in a $2.9 billion deal that will expand the U.K. insurer’s reach into the U.S....
N.C. Settlement to Benefit 25,000 Minority-Members
Jul 10 2006 // Some 25,000 minority North Carolinians victimized by race-based premiums could benefit from a settlement agreed upon by Western and Southern Life Insurance Co. and the North Carolina Department of Insurance. The company...
Provider Asks for Clarification on Florida Freedom to Travel Bill
Jun 27 2006 // Independent agents that sell travel insurance will be interested in the outcome of Florida’s Freedom to Travel Bill, HB299, but the Travel Assist Network, asked for clarity in a debate about the differences between...
Minn. Life Group Announces New Office Locations
Jun 22 2006 // Minnesota Life Group Life Insurance announced the opening of four new offices across the nation to accommodate rapid growth. The newest offices are in the Chicago, Los Angeles, and Charleston, W.V. areas. The Manhattan...
Florida Releases Its Annual ‘Top-10 Fraud List’
Jun 21 2006 // The Florida Department of Financial Services has released its annual “Top-10 Fraud List,” summarizing 10 of the costliest or boldest securities, finance and insurance fraud scams investigated by the DFS...
S&P Reports on Japan Non-Life Sector
May 31 2006 // Japan’s non-life insurers posted largely improved profits in fiscal 2005, bouncing back from the previous year’s uncommonly harsh string of natural disasters, according to a report published today by Standard...
Great American Financial to Acquire Medical Business of Ceres Group
May 31 2006 // Cincinnati-based Great American Financial Resources, Inc. has announced that GAFRI has entered into an agreement with American Enterprise Mutual Holding Company through its affiliated companies whereby American Enterprise...
R.I.-Based Brokers’ Service Marketing Expands Management Team
May 26 2006 // David Greenberg has been named president and chief executive officer of Rhode Island-based Brokers’ Service Marketing Group. In his new capacity, Greenberg, who is a partner in the life insurance and financial...
