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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
Artificial intelligence is developing fast, maybe too fast for state insurance regulators. But some say they have to move faster.
Utah Insurance Commissioner Jonathan Pike is asking a judge to order rehabilitation for Sentinel Security Life Insurance Co. and a pair of reinsurers.
American National Insurance Co. will stop writing new life insurance policies in order to focus on other products.
State insurance regulators resumed discussions Tuesday on a proposal to make a key measure of insurance companies’ financial health confidential.
Regulators are trying to get a handle on offshore reinsurance once investment firms took an ownership stake and deals boomed.
High-profile social media stars and former business partners Grant Cardone and Gary Brecka agreed to mediation to address a federal lawsuit filed by Cardone Ventures.
