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The defendant in a California lawsuit that challenges the line between life settlement and stranger-originated life insurance is asking the court to dismiss the complaint.
After putting accelerated underwriting aside for a year, state insurance regulators are out with tentative guidance on the topic.
Globe Life Insurance Co. self-reported a potential web portal breach Friday, the latest in a series of troubling incidents for the company.
A South Carolina couple claims that using an indexed universal life policy in a retirement planning strategy cost them substantial life savings.
A pair of life insurers suing AM Best over a potential ratings downgrade say the defendant is refusing to share emails related to the controversial move.
The Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice asked Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle this week to make his injunction decision as soon as possible.
Deferred annuity sales were up nearly 19% in the first quarter over the same period last year, Wink, Inc. reported today.
Once a red-hot industry subset, the direct-to-consumer life insurance industry is at its nadir with once-promising start-ups like Assurance IQ and Haven Life winding down and others struggling.
Northwestern Mutual is the king of life insurance sales, according to the first sales rankings compiled by LIMRA.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is supporting plaintiffs asking a Texas judge for an injunction to halt a Department of Labor fiduciary rule from taking effect.
State insurance regulators picked up discussions Thursday on proposals to better test the assets backing billion-dollar offshore reinsurance deals.
A Bloomington, Ind., couple are counting on the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits from their variable annuity, but wondering will those benefits be there?
Economic conditions remain ripe for an ongoing annuity sales boom. But the Department of Labor’s new fiduciary rule expansion could be a major disruption.
A lawsuit filed by nine industry trade associations against the latest Department of Labor fiduciary rule will be heard by a Texas judge with a reputation for vacating federal rules.
Embattled financier Greg Lindberg filed a motion for acquittal, or a new trial, today two weeks after a second jury convicted him of bribing the North Carolina insurance commissioner.
AmeriLife Group announced two recent deals that continue the company’s steady growth as a holistic retirement services juggernaut.
Nine insurance trade associations filed a lawsuit Friday against the Department of Labor to overturn its controversial Retirement Security Rule.
An industry trade group formally requested a preliminary injunction from a Texas federal court Tuesday to freeze the Department of Labor’s Retirement Security Rule.
A pair of insurers, representing the old guard and the new disrupters, made impressive moves up the LIMRA annuity sales charts in the first quarter.
An Oklahoma lawsuit over a premium financing plan involving a $15 million life insurance policy has been settled.
