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A retired Navy veteran and his wife are suing Ameritas over the alleged fraudulent sale of unsuitable equity-indexed annuities.
Continued economic turmoil is a market concern, but life insurance and annuity sales are expected to remain solid throughout 2026, LIMRA projects.
Kyle Busch and his legal team filed an amended complaint Tuesday with more specific claims of alleged indexed universal life sales fraud by PacLife.
Matt Nadel had to confront a lot of personal and ethical conflicts while making “Cashing Out,” a short film recounting the birth of the viatical settlement industry.
A Senate report released Tuesday alleges that UnitedHealth Group is gaming the Medicare Advantage system to reap massive payments.
Once a top producer, Dean Vagnozzi became ensnared in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Par Funding, found to be a Ponzi scheme. Now Vagnozzi is back.
Insurers nationwide are slashing vehicle insurance rates in response to a sharp reduction in claims.
Integrity Marketing Group upscaled in a big way on Thursday with its acquisition of AIMCOR Group, a leading national insurance distributor.
A Vermont judge sided with National Life companies in a lawsuit over an indexed universal life policy that returned 0%.
American International Group announced Tuesday that Chairman and CEO Peter Zaffino will transition to executive chairman of the board by the middle of 2026.
Conn. regulators say a sale of troubled PHL Variable Insurance Co. life blocks is no longer feasible, and liquidation is the next step.
A Massachusetts judge rejected Jeffrey Cutter’s bid to reverse his guilty verdict on improper annuity sales.
It was a good year for life insurance sales. But problems with indexed universal life overshadowed some of that good news.
The year in annuities started well, ended well, and was pretty good in the middle, also.
A bid by disgraced financier Greg Lindberg to loosen the receivership controls over his business assets was rejected last week by the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
In a political climate that has moved decidedly away from diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Integrity Marketing Group is leaning into DEI.
An executive order on artificial intelligence issued by President Donald Trump on Thursday is not going over well with state lawmakers and regulators.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is retooling efforts to improve climate change modeling and be better prepared for its impacts on the insurance industry.
Iowa submitted a brief Wednesday in support of Lockheed Martin Corp. in a lawsuit over its choice of Athene Annuity and Life Co. in a pension risk transfer deal.
State insurance regulators are committed to kicking off a pilot program in 2026 to test insurers’ use of artificial intelligence.
