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Insurance companies taking on billion-dollar pension risk transfers are subject to “robust and extensive” oversight, the American Council of Life Insurers wrote in court briefs.
Total first-quarter annuity sales topped $100 billion for the sixth consecutive quarter, LIMRA said today.
A Massachusetts jury delivered a split verdict Wednesday against an advisor accused of making improper annuity sales.
The first e-signature and workflow support platform specifically designed for life insurance should bring speed and simplicity to the industry, MIB Group said.
According to new documents filed Tuesday, Grant Cardone and Gary Brecka settled dueling Florida state lawsuits over their bitter business breakup.
The problems facing life insurance sellers are not new: Americans know they need life insurance, but they’re just not buying it.
New Jersey became the 50th state Monday to adopt a best-interest annuity sales standard, a victory for advocates of state primacy over insurance.
High-profile social media stars and former business partners Grant Cardone and Gary Brecka have “amicably settled” a federal lawsuit filed by Cardone Ventures.
Shares of UnitedHealth Group dived Thursday after the insurer reported weak first-quarter earnings and slashed its outlook for the remainder of 2025.
Legislation to modernize the taxation of debt investments held by life insurers has been reintroduced in both the House and…
Connecticut Insurance Department regulators are back in court this week in their ongoing effort to rehabilitate the financially troubled PHL Variable Insurance Co.
Efforts to regulate the use of big data and artificial intelligence by insurance companies are misguided and threaten to harm policyholders, a trade group claims.
AuguStar Retirement got the annuity industry’s attention this week by announcing a 24% premium bonus on its fixed indexed annuity.
Workplace life insurance, disability insurance and supplemental health products sales all rose in 2024, according to LIMRA.
Carriers are eagerly signing on to a new paperless transaction process for annuity transfers that is cutting cycle times by 94%.
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ panel partially reversed a lower-court ruling last week in a California term policy lapse lawsuit.
A California judge is giving plaintiffs until late April to file a fourth amended complaint alleging that Cigna used a computer algorithm to improperly deny claims.
South Carolina regulators are still deliberating how to respond after an order that had banned Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Co. from writing new premiums was reversed.
State insurance regulators say life insurers are “undermining” efforts to bring illustrations in line with reality.
Now that President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans control all levers of government, the focus is on high net worth clients
