Most Popular Life Insurance Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Life Insurance Topic Page over the last year.
#1 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...
#2 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...
#3 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...
#4 Taiwan Life Insurers’ $700 Billion Bet on the US Is Backfiring
Jun 12 2025 // For decades, Taiwan’s life insurance companies boasted of above-average returns from their heavy investment in US bonds. That reliance is now a major risk threatening more than $700 billion of assets. Unlike insurers...
#5 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...
#6 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...
#7 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...
#8 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....
