Latest Life Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Life Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S&P Says Japanese Non-Life Insurers’ Mid-term Results in Expected Range
Nov 25 2002 // Standard & Poor’s announced that the mid-term financial results for Japan’s major non-life insurance companies were within expectations and would not immediately affect its ratings on the...
Swiss Re Sigma Study Analyzes 2001 Losses, Equity Decreases
Oct 10 2002 // Swiss Re’s latest Sigma report, No.4/2002, offers an analysis of the non-life insurance industry, and how it is adjusting to “two major shocks – the catastrophic losses of 2001 and the ongoing stock...
Yasuda/Nissan Merger Creates Japan’s 2nd Largest P/C Insurer
Jul 1 2002 // Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Nissan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. have completed their merger, creating Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.the country’s second largest p/c insurer after Millea Holdings Inc.,...
China Opening Doors to Insurance Contacts
Jun 24 2002 // Some recent events indicate that the Chinese insurance market is becoming more open to foreign insurers. U.S. and Chinese regulators recently concluded an agreement to begin sharing information; AIG opened an office in the...
ARK. EXECS. CHARGED IN FRANKEL CASE
Jan 14 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens and Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley announced three insurance agents have been charged in connection with Martin Frankel’s alleged theft of $200 million...
Swiss Re Says Profitability Requires Improved Underwriting Results
Nov 5 2001 // Major reinsurer Swiss Re released findings from its latest sigma study, “Profitability of the Non-Life Insurance Industry: It’s Back to Basics Time,” which showed that the slumping non-life insurance...
Swiss Re Study Says It’s Back-to-Basics Time for Non-Life Insurers
Oct 31 2001 // The latest in Swiss Re’s authoritative sigma studies examines the profitability of the non-life insurance market in the G7* countries and concludes that the industry needs to concentrate on improving underwriting...
Farmers Introduces New Parents Program in Utah
Aug 3 2001 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a special discount program for new parents in the state of Utah. New parents will be eligible to earn discounts on auto insurance. Farmers has also arranged for new parents to...
AIG Reports Rise in 2Q 2001 Income to $1.66 Billion
Jul 30 2001 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) reported that its income excluding net realized capital gains (losses) increased 15.8 percent to $1.66 billion in the second quarter and, also excluding the first quarter cumulative...
‘Operation Cleansheet’ Reveals Dirty Laundry
Jun 25 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the sentencing of Lonnie Lee Harwell, a Sacramento man, for his alleged involvement in a nationwide scheme intended to defraud investors and the insurance industry....
CDI Investigation Leads to Empty Coffin
Apr 28 2001 // The Criminal Investigations Branch Investigators of the California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced a successful conclusion to a complicated investigation. Two individuals involved in a life insurance scam pleaded...
ING Sells Argentine Life Sub to AIG – Expands Polish Operations
Apr 27 2001 // Holland’s ING Group agreed to sell Aetna Vida S.A., an Argentine life subsidiary it acquired last year as part of Aetna’s international operations, to AIG’s American Life Insurance Company for an...
AIG Gets Final Approvals for Chiyoda Takeover
Apr 23 2001 // The Tokyo District Court, Japanese regulatory authorities and major creditors have all given final approval to American International Group’s takeover of failed insurer Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co. Chiyoda filed...
Are You Ready to Put the Life Back into Your Agency’
Apr 9 2001 // Traditional p/c agencies may consider a life department for increasing profits, retention Insured households carry more coverage than ever before, but at the same time, the insurance industry is reaching fewer U.S....
Pru/Am Gen Merger Tops Insurance Deals
Mar 26 2001 // Last January, Prudential plc Chief Executive Jonathan Bloomer indicated he was still looking for opportunities in the U.S. The search culminated March 12 in Houston, Texas, with the announcement that Britain’s...
CGNU Expands in Hungary, India
Mar 21 2001 // Britain’s CGNU revealed plans to expand in Eastern Europe and India with the announcement that it would purchase Mebit, Hungary’s sixth largest life insurer, and would launch a mutual fund subsidiary in India...
Britain’s Prudential To Buy Am Gen In Biggest Insurance Deal Ever
Mar 19 2001 // Last January Prudential plc Chief Executive Jonathan Bloomer indicated he was still looking for opportunities in the U.S. The search culminated March 12 in Houston with the announcement that Britain’s venerable...
Prudential (U.K.) To Buy American General For $26.5 Billion
Mar 12 2001 // In the biggest insurance industry merger ever, Prudential Plc, Britain’s largest life insurer, has agreed on merger plans with Houston-based American General Corp. The combination would create the world’s sixth...
British Life Insurer Cuts 2,000 Jobs
Mar 7 2001 // Britannic is to cut more than 40 percent of its workforce, with 2,000 positions coming from the Britannic Assurance arm. The company blamed the cuts on a growth in red tape and the end of the UK’s jobs-for-life...
AIG Bails Out Chiyoda Life; Taisho Life Also Rescued
Feb 23 2001 // AIG plans to inject $513.5 million in capital into failed Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co, sponsoring a revival plan for Japan’s 12th largest life insurer. “As a result, AIG will significantly expand its...
