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The following information was released by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors:. Brian Steiner is the Executive Director of Life Happens, where he is responsible for fostering partner relations and engagement at NAIFA. Brian Steiner's dual leadership role at NAIFA and Life Happens.
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AM Best is maintaining its stable outlook on the New Zealand life insurance segment, based in part on improving economic conditions, ongoing regulatory refinements that support market discipline, digitalisation efforts and robust capital adequacy levels among its insurers. The Financial Markets Amendment Act 2022, which took effect on 31 March 2025,…
Legal Advertisement MDK# 25-023745 STATE OF INDIANA IN THE BARTHOLOMEW SUPERIOR COURT #1 SS: COUNTY OF BARTHOLOMEW CAUSE NO. 03 D01-2510-MF-005670 Brighthouse Life Insurance Company Plaintiff, vs. NOTICE OF SUIT SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: Patricia L. McClendon: BE IT KNOWN, that Brighthouse Life Insurance Company, the above-named Plaintiff, by its attorney,…
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KBRA removed from Watch Developing and affirmed the A- insurance financial strength ratings of S.USA Life Insurance Company, Inc., National Western Life Insurance Company, SBLI USA Life Insurance Company, Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, and Prosperity Life Assurance Limited with Stable Outlooks. Due to the inter-generational structure of JAB Holding…
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U-Haul Holding Company, parent of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company, today reported net earnings available to common shareholders for its second quarter ended September 30, 2025, of $105.6 million, compared with net earnings of $186.8 million for the same period last year.
