Total U.S. individual life insurance new annualized with excess premium rose 3% year over year to $4.7 billion in the…
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The silver economy ushers in a new era of life insurance growth
Longer lives, fewer births and an unprecedented concentration of wealth among older Americans are reshaping the demand for financial protection products.
Family communication: Financial planning’s growing blind spot
Across key areas of retirement and protection planning, families are making assumptions instead of having conversations.
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Total U.S. individual life insurance new annualized with excess premium rose 3% year over year to $4.7 billion in the…
New York Life today recognized 20 recipients of its 2026 Golden Futures Scholarship, awarding $10,000 and $20,000 scholarships to rising college students from across the United States while expanding the program to include professional development, career exploration and networking opportunities with New York Life employees. The company celebrated…
Winston-Salem did not emerge overnight as a Southern business center. For more than a century, tobacco, textiles, banking, manufacturing, food production, insurance, and technology formed the economic backbone of Winston-Salem. Companies such as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, HanesBrands, Wachovia, BB&T, Inmar Intelligence, Garner Foods, Krispy Kreme, Dewey's Bakery,…
The silver economy ushers in a new era of life insurance growth
Longer lives, fewer births and an unprecedented concentration of wealth among older Americans are reshaping the demand for financial protection products.
Family communication: Financial planning’s growing blind spot
Across key areas of retirement and protection planning, families are making assumptions instead of having conversations.
Indiana lawmakers will likely consider requiring more disclosures from insurance companies about their exposure to private credit funds due to the role that the state plays as a backstop for some insurance policies. Two independent investment analysts pushed for more oversight of the financial asset class at the state Interim Study Committee on…
Governor Maura Healey's Division of Insurance announced today that nine health and dental insurance carriers will return $14.5 million to hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts consumers through rebates required under the state's health and dental insurance laws. For the first time, Massachusetts is requiring dental insurance companies to issue…
‘Uniquely positioned’: Equitable outlines future post-Corebridge merger
Shareholders of both companies approved the Equitable-Corebridge merger on July 30, with more than 97% voting in favor.
Fred and Wilma Flintstone are living the high life. Fred has a one million life insurance policy from " The Rock Insurance Company." Louisiana law recognizes a simple principle; if someone pays you money by mistake that you were never legally entitled to receive, the person who made the payment can generally recover it.
The insurance distributor that builds its own software will win the next decade
When everyone claims the same edge, no one has an edge.
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, iA Financial Group recorded core earnings† of $330 million and core diluted earnings per common share†† of $3.68, which is 5% higher than the same period in 2025, when insurance experience was very favourable. “Our diversified business model continued to demonstrate its strength in the second quarter, as broad-based…
Supporting small businesses starts with smarter benefits conversations
Most employers want to invest in their people, but intention alone doesn’t solve for execution.
Judge again tosses Penn Mutual whole life lawsuit alleging tax scam
Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett gave the 29 plaintiffs one final opportunity to revive several fraud-related claims through an amended complaint.
Declined by a machine? The end of the unexplainable no
For years, the technology ran ahead of regulation. That era is closing.
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of“ a-” of the following subsidiaries of Group 1001 Insurance Holdings, LLC: Delaware Life Insurance Company and Clear Spring Life and Annuity Company. These companies are referred to as the Group 1001 Life& Annuity…
Court sides with Ameritas in denying $4M STOLI payout to Wells Fargo
The decision continues a summer winning streak for life insurers in stranger-originated life insurance, or STOLI, cases.
The property/casualty operating subsidiaries of Fortegra include Lyndon Southern Insurance Company; Insurance Company of the South; Response Indemnity Company of California; Blue Ridge Indemnity Company; Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company; and Fortegra Europe Insurance Company SE. In addition, AM Best has removed from under review with positive…
Delos Harley Yancey, Jr., age 92, passed away peacefully July 28, 2026, at his home in Rome, Georgia surrounded by loving family. Mr. Yancey was born July 6, 1934, in Atlanta, Georgia, son of Delos Harley Yancey, Sr. and Elizabeth Beauchamp Yancey. As Chairman, President and CEO of State Mutual Insurance Company, he spearheaded transformative milestones such as merging…
Wilde Wealth Management Group, an award-winning financial services firm that provides comprehensive retirement, investment, real estate, insurance, legal and tax planning services all under one roof, is pleased to announce that veteran financial advisor Vincent Esparza, CFP, CLU, has joined the firm as senior wealth advisor. Based in the Deer Valley Airpark,…
The agenda featured topics such as: the 340B Drug Pricing Program; autonomous vehicles; artificial intelligence; tort reform; developments in the flood insurance marketplace; insurance affordability and availability; charity care and medical debt reforms; innovations in disease screening and testing; insurers’ use of aerial imaging; and more.
