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Florida Man Gets Life In Wife’s 1993 Murder After Son Dug Up Skull In Backyard

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May 22– May 22– A Florida man has been sentenced to life behind bars for murdering his wife in 1993 and burying her in the backyard of their home– where his son would return and uncover her remains more than two decades later. A jury in April found Michael Haim guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his 23- year-old wife Bonnie Haim. The 52- year-old killer…

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FINRA levied $25.9 million in fines during the first six months of the year, up from $23.5 million in the first half of last year, according to a new mid-year analysis.

Republican lawmakers are bidding to make last year’s tax cuts permanent, but face opposition. One industry group would like to see greater attention paid to retirement security aspects.

A National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ working group hopes to finalize a best-interest standard for annuity sales during a special two-day meeting next month in Chicago.

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May 01– May 1– Travis County prosecutors will not make plea offers to the three men charged in the slaying of Austin jeweler Ted Shaughnessy last year. After reviewing evidence against Shaughnessy’s son, Nicolas, and two other men charged in the case, District Attorney Margaret Moore said her office will not negotiate with the lawyers representing the…

April 26– Apr. 26– As Miguel Cabrera fights to reduce his child support payments to an ex-mistress, the woman’s lawyer is seeking to hold him in contempt, claiming the Detroit Tigers MVP has disobeyed a court order involving their two children. –Pay her $89,581 in back child support in full by May 1, or over time. –Buy the children unblocked, annual passes to Walt Disney…
Long-term care insurance is proving problematic for both insurers and consumers.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted last week to form a task force focused on LTCi market stability. Its most significant, and most controversial, charge is to harmonize rate review processes across state lines. Many insurers continue to seek large LTCi rate hikes.

March 28– Mar. 28– Clients of a well-known Charlotte financial adviser are accusing him of selling unregistered financial instruments issued by a Florida firm charged with fraud. But he said Heafner also has money “tied up” with the Florida firm, 1 Global Capital. Bridgmon said Heafner was also an investor in the securities the Florida firm was issuing.

Maryland policymakers should collaborate with the SEC in its effort to develop appropriate, cohesive, and workable standard of conduct rules, but should not create additional regulatory layers until the SEC completes its national standard, industry representatives testified Wednesday.

For example, no insurance company money was used to purchase Mr. Lindberg’s investments in the Idaho and Key West properties, his boat, or the airplanes, one of which was leased. Before he acquired his first insurance company, Mr. Lindberg established a no-dividend policy for each insurance company to protect policyholders and ensure that the capital that Mr….

Feb. 28– Feb. 28– Connecticut Attorney General William Tong published Wells Fargo “redress” plan to reimburse customers who have yet to receive money after a multistate investigation into employees opening bogus accounts to increase their commissions and other infractions. Connecticut received $5.2 million as its share of a $575 million national…

An investment adviser from Ellisville pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal wire fraud charges that alleged he misrepresented how he invested more than $1 million from three clients. William Glaser, 61, entered his plea in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Glaser solicited more than $1 million in investments that went to Paul Creager, whose St Louis…