Latest Life Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Life Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Canada Delays New Life Insurer Capital, Transparency Standards Until 2018
Nov 14 2013 // Canadian insurance companies including Manulife Financial Corp. and Sun Life Financial Inc. will have three more years to comply with new regulations from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. OSFI...
Zurich Launches Side A D&O Coverage for Corporate Leaders in the U.S. and Abroad
Oct 10 2013 // Zurich has introduced a new Side A D&O policy that addresses the evolving litigation landscape and provides coverage for liability exposures in the global marketplace, including China, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and India....
Taiwan Insurers Have $10 Billion to Invest in Foreign Property
Oct 7 2013 // Taiwan insurers have the financial capacity to invest at least $10 billion in overseas properties after the island’s government relaxed rules in April on real estate investments abroad, according to an industry...
MetLife Says Regulators May Miss Key Insurer Risks with Focus on Bank Rules
Sep 19 2013 // Federal regulators may miss important threats to the financial stability of U.S. insurers by focusing on bank risks, MetLife Inc. Chief Financial Officer John Hele said. “Bank rules overlook key insurance...
UK Regulator Investigates 2 Life Insurers over Banned Sales Commissions
Sep 19 2013 // Britain’s financial regulator is investigating whether two life insurance companies breached new rules that ban the offering of commissions to financial advisers for selling their products. The Financial Conduct...
AIG, Lincoln Among Insurers Said Pushed by N.Y. on Universal Life Product Reserves
Sep 12 2013 // New York State’s financial-services regulator is pressing insurers including American International Group Inc., Lincoln National Corp. and Principal Financial Group Inc. to boost reserves at units in the state, a...
New York to Opt Out of New Rules for Universal Life Insurance Policies
Sep 12 2013 // New York State’s financial-services regulator said rules adopted by state watchdogs for some life insurance contracts failed to boost reserves to adequate levels in the industry. Of sixteen companies that are major...
China’s PICC Group’s Profit Rises as Premiums, Investment Income Climb
Aug 26 2013 // People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Ltd., parent of the nation’s biggest non-life insurer, said profit rose 53 percent in the first half as investment and premiums income expanded. Net income increased...
ING Sells South Korean Insurance Unit to Asian Buyout Firm MBK
Aug 26 2013 // ING Groep NV sold its South Korean insurance unit on its second attempt within a year, raising about 1.84 trillion won ($1.7 billion) from MBK Partners Ltd., the Asian buyout firm formed by ex-Carlyle Group executives. MBK...
Commentary: Does FSOC Understand the Business of Insurance?
Aug 5 2013 // The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designated AIG as a Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) after determining that “material financial distress at AIG could pose a threat to U.S....
Aviva Considering Sale of India Life Insurance Stake Say Sources
Aug 5 2013 // Aviva PLC is planning to pull out of its Indian insurance joint venture, valued at more than $500 million, as the British insurer retreats from less-profitable markets where it has struggled to grow its business, sources...
Tokio Marine Targets Asean for Expansion Abroad: Southeast Asia
Jul 29 2013 // Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., Japan’s second-largest non-life insurer, is seeking to expand in Southeast Asia as Japan’s shrinking population erodes its domestic market. The insurer plans to expand in life...
New China Life Falls as Zurich Insurance Sells Shares
Jul 12 2013 // New China Life Insurance Co. fell by the most in almost a year in Hong Kong after Zurich Insurance Co. sold 97.5 million shares in the third-biggest Chinese life insurer by premium income last year. The stock dropped 6.4...
New York Recovers $1.1B in Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits
Jul 11 2013 // New York officials say they have helped recover more than $1.1 billion in unclaimed life insurance benefits nationwide. The state’s Department of Financial Services says Wednesday that many insurance companies were...
Insurers, State Regulators Try to Block Bank-Like Rules by Federal Reserve
Jul 3 2013 // MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. have been joined by state regulators challenging the Federal Reserve on how to oversee the biggest insurers under the Dodd-Frank law. The insurers and watchdogs are pressuring the...
Swiss Re sigma Study Finds Global Insurance Premium Growth at 2.4%
Jun 26 2013 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma study reveals that “total global premiums written increased by 2.4 percent in real terms in 2012 to $4.613 trillion. Life premiums expanded by 2.3 percent unwinding some of the...
N.Y.’s Call for Moratorium on Life Insurance Captives Questioned by NAIC
Jun 13 2013 // National Association of Insurance Commissioners President Jim Donelon questioned the need for a countrywide halt on approvals of captive insurance deals one day after New York’s regulator said the transactions hide...
N.Y. Says Life Insurers’ Use of ‘Shadow Insurance’ Could Hurt Policyholders
Jun 12 2013 // New York State’s financial regulators issued a report today that found a widespread use of captive, reinsurance entities by New York-based life insurance companies. Calling these arrangements “shadow...
Best Affirms State Farm Companies, Affiliates and Subs Ratings
May 31 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A++’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa+” of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (SFMAIC) and its...
AIG in Joint Deal to Sell Life Insurance in China
May 29 2013 // American International Group Inc. reached a deal with People’s Insurance Company Group of China Ltd. for a joint venture to sell life insurance in China. AIG will contribute 24.9 million yuan ($4.1 million) and...
