Australia’ s non-life insurance industry has been resilient against an increasingly complex and interconnected risk landscape, with total insurance revenue for the non-life market reaching approximately AUD 77.7 billion for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2025. According to the Best’ s Market Segment Report,“ Australia’ s Non-Life Insurance Segment:…
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AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of“ a+” of ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York and ReliaStar Life Insurance Company, collectively known as ReliaStar Life Insurance Group. The outlook of these Credit Ratings is stable. The ratings reflect ReliaStar’ s balance sheet strength, which AM Best…
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TEANECK, N.J.& HAMILTON, Bermuda—- Agam Capital, a global leader in insurance-related asset and liability analytics, is advising one of the largest mutual life insurers in the United States, in the formation and launch of an incorporated segregated account company as a Bermuda- domiciled Class E life and annuity reinsurer. Agam’ s Co-Founders, Chak Raghunathan and…
2026 APR 10– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a trademark application has been made for“ PREMIER ACCESS” by Catherine M.C. Farrelly Frankfurt Kurnit Klein& Selz, representing The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Farrelly Frankfurt Kurnit…
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of B++ and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ bbb+” to North American Fire& General Insurance Company Limited and North American Life Insurance Company Limited. NAFICO was incorporated in Guyana in 1989 and is the third-largest carrier in the country’ s insurance industry. Overall, both companies belong to the…
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WoodmenLife today released its annual report for 2025, celebrating the efforts of the Omaha-based life insurer’s members to honor family, community, and country, while achieving superior financial results.
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As a result, Aflac— also known as American Family Life Assurance Co.— is cutting premium rates on 16 different policies by as much as 35%, its filings with the bureau show. In addition, Aflac agreed to pay a $64,000 fine to settle the matter. In the review, bureau staff checked six specific Aflac policies that offered supplement coverage when policyholders suffer…
