Latest Life Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Life Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Japan’s Big Non-Life Insurers Plan to Sell Cross Shareholdings
May 20 2025 // Japan’s three major casualty insurers plan to sell a total of about ¥1.37 trillion ($9.5 billion) of cross-held shares in the fiscal year started April in a push to reduce strategic holdings in line with government...
How an Upgrade to Producer Onboarding Can Fuel Carrier Growth: A Life Insurer’s Perspective
Apr 29 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. GPM Life fuels its growth with the ability to onboard more producers faster with AgentSync Executive Summary: With the demand for life insurance and annuities products...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Charged With Forgery, ID Theft on Life Insurance Policy
Feb 12 2025 // A North Carolina insurance agent is awaiting a court appearance next week after he was charged with fraudulently taking out a life insurance policy with Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. The North Carolina Department...
Unlocking Efficiency in Life Insurance Renewals: The Hidden Cost of Manual License Verifications
Dec 16 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Keeping insurance producers’ licenses and appointments compliant is a critical responsibility shared by nearly everyone in the insurance distribution channel....
Global Non-Life Insurance Rates ‘Plateauing’ but Nat Cat Losses Delay Market Softening
Nov 22 2024 // Global non-life premiums are expected to hit a decade-high growth level of 4.3% in 2024, following the repricing of risk over the past several years in response to elevated claims, according to Swiss Re’s...
Tokio Marine Pauses Sale of $1B Southeast Asia Life Insurance Business, Sources Say
Oct 18 2024 // Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has paused the sale of its $1 billion Southeast Asia life insurance business, partly due to a dispute with a Malaysian partner over an expiring products distribution agreement, four sources...
Japan’s Non-Life Insurers Must Cut Cross-Shareholdings to Zero, Industry Group Says
Sep 19 2024 // A trade group representing Japan’s biggest non-life insurers said on Thursday that its member firms should set a clear deadline to cut their strategic holdings of listed client shares to zero. The General Insurance...
Carolina Insurance Agent Charged With Forging Life Insurance Policies on 16 People
Jun 7 2024 // North Carolina authorities have charged a Battleboro insurance agent with 74 counts after they said he forged life insurance applications for 16 people. Jonathan Michael Vlasak, 35, a licensed producer qualified to sell...
Fort Myers Life Insurance Broker Charged With Policy Fraud, Misusing ID Info
Jun 4 2024 // Florida financial regulators have charged a Fort Myers insurance broker with taking out a life insurance policy on a person without their knowledge and misusing the person’s identification information. Bryce Corey...
Securing Life Insurance Alternatives for Clients in War Risk Zones
Apr 1 2024 // Warfare has raged on our planet since man first walked upright and disputed territorial boundaries. Those battles have impacted not only the lives of those they came into direct contact with, but also those on the...
Bank of England May Tighten Up Life Insurers’ Use of Offshore Reinsurance
Jan 12 2024 // The Bank of England may tighten supervision of life insurers’ use of the “funded reinsurance” market, typically alternative asset managers who make riskier investments, as corporate pension providers...
Japan Orders 4 Non-Life Insurers to End Anti-Competitive Business Practices
Dec 27 2023 // Japan ordered four major non-life insurance companies to improve business practices in connection with anti-competitive activity that aimed to keep premiums high, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday. The order...
4 Miami Agents Charged With Getting Commissions on False Life Insurance Policies
Oct 24 2023 // Four Miami insurance agents have been charged with submitting false life insurance applications and collecting commissions from John Hancock Life Insurance Co., state officials said Monday. Alexander Faneites, Nicolas...
PE Firm Cinven Eyes Sale of German Life Insurer Viridium: Sources
Oct 3 2023 // Cinven is considering a sale of German life insurer Viridium after another of its insurance investments in Europe, Eurovita, was hit by heavy customer outflows earlier in the year, three people familiar with the matter...
Why Are So Many Life Insurance Producers Seeking Securities Licenses? And what does it mean for the organizations they work with?
Sep 13 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Are two really better than one? Insurance producers seem to think so. There’s a trend forming in the insurance industry of insurance producers acquiring...
Non-Life Insurers’ Profits to See Boost From Higher Rates
Sep 11 2023 // Non-life insurers are set to significantly improve their profitability in the next few years as investment returns from higher rates cushion a hit from a rise in claims, a report by Swiss Re Institute showed on...
How Life Insurance Carriers Can Win at the Long Game of Annuity Broker Recruitment
Sep 6 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Life insurance carriers that don’t prioritize compliance and onboarding for their variable lines brokers will lose traction in the life and annuities market over...
Eliot Partnership expands into Global Life Insurance and Reinsurance markets under Brad Whatley’s Leadership
May 9 2023 // London, England. May 09, 2023. — Eliot Partnership (“Eliot Partnership”), the leading global insurance sector specialist executive search firm, today announced its expansion into the global Life Insurance...
Starr Insurance Cos. Acquires Thai Non-Life Insurer
May 18 2022 // Starr Insurance Cos. announced an agreement with FPG Insurance Holdings Ltd. (HK) and local Thai shareholders to purchase FPG Insurance Public Co. Ltd. (FPG Thailand), a Thai non-life insurance company. Starr’s...
Update: Record $2.7 Billion IPO by India’s Life Insurance Corp. Is Oversubscribed
May 5 2022 // The record $2.7 billion initial public offering (IPO) by India’s Life Insurance Corp. (LIC) was oversubscribed on Thursday, helped by attractive pricing, making way for gains over the listing price later this...
