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Indexed universal life insurance policies are increasingly popular, offering a unique blend of life insurance coverage and investment potential.
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A+ and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ aa” of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited. Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the FSR of A+ and the Long-Term ICRs of“ aa” of MSI’ s U.S. operating companies, which are domiciled in New York, NY: Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company of America, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance…
A state insurance task force adopted a long-anticipated reinsurance asset testing guideline Thursday.
Life insurance application activity showed positive growth in May, the MIB Life Index reported Thursday, up 1.6% year-over-year.
Pacific Life, Nationwide, and Prudential made big moves up the life insurance sales charts during the first quarter, LIMRA reported Wednesday.
According to the Best’ s Market Segment Report,“ Market Segment Outlook: South Korea Non-Life Insurance,” the country’ s non-life insurance industry is facing capital pressure with increasing insurance liabilities, following the Financial Supervisory Service’ s push for more realistic actuarial assumptions and a phased plan to cut discount rates until 2027,…
Defendants are asking a California court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a tax-avoidance scam around Penn Mutual whole life insurance policies.
MassMutual today announced it has appointed David Long, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Mutual Insurance, to the company’ s Board of Directors. Long began his career at Liberty Mutual Insurance in 1985, being appointed President in 2010, Chief Executive Officer in 2011 and Chairman in 2013. Under his leadership as CEO, Liberty Mutual…
SWBC Life Insurance Company and SWBC Property and Casualty Insurance Company are proud to announce that AM Best, a globally recognized credit rating agency focused on the insurance industry, has reaffirmed their A- ratings with a Stable Outlook. SWBC Life Insurance Company, a long-standing provider of credit insurance and reinsurance solutions, proudly…
JAB Insurance today announced that Jin Chang will join the firm in July as a Partner, bringing more than 30 years of insurance experience, most recently as Senior Vice President of Finance at Athene, Apollo Global Management’ s U.S. Insurance and Retirement Business. I am delighted to welcome him as a partner in JAB Insurance as we focus on creating a life insurance…
Chris LeClair, a longtime industry veteran, has joined Securian Financial as an external wholesaler for the company’ s Institutional Retirement Solutions business. Chris LeClair, Institutional Retirement Solutions external wholesaler, Securian Financial. “I am thrilled to welcome Chris LeClair, who kick-started his career at Securian Financial and fell…
KBRA assigns an issuer rating of BBB to The Fortegra Group, Inc. and assigns an insurance financial strength rating of A- to Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company. In addition, KBRA affirms the A- IFSRs for the key U.S. insurance subsidiaries of The Fortegra Group, Inc.: Lyndon Southern Insurance Company; Insurance Company of the South; Response Indemnity Company…
AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating of“ aa” to the $1 billion, 6.17% surplus notes, due 2055, issued by The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The outlook assigned to this Credit Rating is stable. The existing ratings of Northwestern Mutual continue to reflect its balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strongest, as well as its…
Utah regulators dropped a petition to force Sentinel Security Life Insurance Co. and a pair of reinsurers into court-ordered rehabilitation.
Majesco, a global leader of cloud insurance solutions for insurance business transformation, today announced its participation and spot as a Gold Sponsor of Insurtech Insights 2025. Majesco invites insurance leaders to dare to disrupt outdated business operating models and technology foundations to unlock the future of intelligent insurance at Booth…
Recognizing this coverage gap, MassMutual recently introduced new Group Critical Illness Insurance and Group Accident Insurance products to its voluntary benefits offerings. “MassMutual offers the next generation of products that help reduce the coverage gaps that other plans leave open,” said Shefali Desai, head of worksite with MassMutual.“ We have…
AuguStar Life recently took its latest Virtus indexed universal life product to market, a version with much-improved income potential, the…
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 shareholders for the year ended March 31, 2025, of $367.1 million, compared with $628.7 million for the same period last year. We have increased depreciation further to…
F&G Annuities & Life laid off 192 employees across both its home offices in Des Moines, Iowa and remote functions.
With today’s volatile markets, clients are increasingly anxious about having control of their money and easy access to cash.