Kodak Cuts Health, Dental, Life Insurance 13WHAM-TV, NY - 23 hours ago Company-paid life insurance is also being eliminated. This affects those who retired on or after October 1, 1991. Retirees whose health insurance is …

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Insurer John Hancock to cut 2 subsidiaries Boston Globe, United States - Jul 31, 2008 The company wants to merge John Hancock Life Insurance Co. and John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Co. into John Hancock Life Insurance Co. … VP: No layoffs in Hancock consolidation Boston Herald John Hancock Joins LifePlans, Inc. and the Department of Health … MarketWatch all 38 news articles

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Saul Friedman | Gray Matters Newsday, NY - 20 hours ago That's a new and, to my mind, a potentially unsavory business now referred to as "Stranger Owned Life Insurance" (SOLI), wherein you sell your …

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Life Insurance - Make informed decisions Mangalorean.com, India - 2 hours ago Many people have conventionally bought life insurance plans mainly for investments, tax benefits and the life cover they offer. No one bothered much about …

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Cut Your Life Insurance Costs By 50%….But Hurry! Motley Fool UK, UK - Aug 1, 2008 Hot competition, together with longer life expectancy, has driven the cost of life insurance down over the last decade. And it’s time for you to take …

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Aug. 3, 2008 | Procedural dramas are boring. I don’t care to see another shocking, violent crime on my TV screen. I’m not interested in the victim’s jealous ex-boyfriend or domineering boss or semiviolent father or psychotic neighbor. I know the Read More

A.M. Best Co. has assigned indicative debt ratings of “a” to senior unsecured debt, “a-” to subordinated debt, “a-” to trust preferred securities and “bbb+” to preferred stock, which may be issued under Protective Life Corporation’s (Protective Read More

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Hanover Insurance Group Inc (THG.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) said it agreed to sell its remaining life insurance business to a unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) to Read More

Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company has announced that it has launched its 100th branch in India, at Delhi. In order to strengthen branch network in Northern India, the company is also launching operations in Ghaziabad and Faridabad. Bharti AXA Life Read More

Some consumers are worrying as banks report billion-dollar losses from bad loans and in the wake of the seizure of IndyMac Bank, the third-largest bank failure in U.S. history. The good news is that you can eliminate the risk of losing money in a Read More

NEW YORK (AP) - Standard & Poor’s on Thursday affirmed its ratings on Hanover Insurance Group after the company said it plans to sell its remaining life insurance business. The rating agency affirmed its triple-B counterparty credit rating on Hanover Read More

A.M. Best Co. has commented that all ratings and outlooks of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (THG) [ NYSE:THG ] and its property/casualty insurance members remain unchanged following the announcement that it has entered into a definitive agreement Read More

Kansas City Life Insurance takes hit from investment losses Bizjournals.com, NC - 12 hours ago Investment losses caused Kansas City Life Insurance Co.’s 86 percent decrease in second-quarter earnings, and revenue fell 10.6 percent from the same …

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Hanover Insurance Reports Q2 Net Loss with Sale of Discontinued … Insurance Journal, CA - 13 hours ago The net loss from discontinued operations included an estimated after-tax loss of $66.1 million related to the pending sale of the life insurance business … White Mountains Reports Adjusted Book Value Per Share of $444 MarketWatch all 493 news articles

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NEW YORK (AP) - Standard & Poor’s on Thursday affirmed its ratings on Hanover Insurance Group after the company said it plans to sell its remaining life insurance business. The rating agency affirmed its triple-B counterparty credit rating on Hanover Read More

A.M. Best Co. has commented that all ratings and outlooks of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (THG) [ NYSE:THG ] and its property/casualty insurance members remain unchanged following the announcement that it has entered into a definitive agreement Read More

(Money Magazine) — The last time Wayne Lipovitch tried to get his family’s finances on track, he flipped open the phone book and randomly picked out an adviser near his Phoenix home. That planner guided the Lipovitches’ modest investments for a Read More

Boston Herald General Economics Reporter Jay Fitzgerald has been a journalist and blogger for years. He’s now the general economics reporter for the Boston Herald . T wo vestiges of the pre-merger John Hancock Financial Services would be phased out Read More

DESPITE A SLUGGISH national economy and tight debt market, Evergreen Pacific Partners has raised a new $425 million buyout fund. The money, which brings total capital under management to $700 million, was raised in a lightning-fast two months Read More

Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) — Nissan Motor Co. ’s first-quarter profit fell more than analysts estimated as the yen gained and the faltering U.S. economy triggered a writedown in the value of leased cars. Net income dropped 43 percent to 52.8 billion yen Read More

Fitch Affirms New York Life's IFS rating at 'AAA' MarketWatch - 11 hours ago New York Life's favorable business profile is characterized by its excellent market position in traditional individual life insurance and fixed annuity … Fitch Takes Various Actions on Q-IFS Ratings of 194 US Health Insurers StreetInsider.com (subscription) Fitch Affirms & Withdraws the Ratings of Mutual of Omaha Companies FOXBusiness Fitch Affirms Navy Mutual Aid Association's IFS Rating at 'A+' Business Wire (press release) MarketWatch all 34 news articles

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Hanover to sell remaining life insurance business CNNMoney.com - 12 hours ago NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Hanover Insurance Group Inc. said Thursday that it plans to sell its remaining life insurance business, First Allmerica … UPDATE 2-Hanover Insurance to sell life insurance run-off Reuters Hanover Insurance exits life business Worcester Telegram Hanover Insurance to sell its Remaining Run-Off Life Insurance … RTT News Earthtimes (press release) - Reuters all 22 news articles

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Jackson(SM) Sets Company Record with $7.6 Billion in Total Sales … MarketWatch - 16 hours ago Life insurance sales of $30 million during the first half of 2008 were up 22 percent from the same period of the prior year. … Jackson National sales surge, profit drops Lansing State Journal TIAA-CREF Series Looks at Myths and Facts about Retirement Income MarketWatch all 18 news articles

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Insurance programme at IIM-C Economic Times, India - 10 hours ago It will help combat various challenges,” said ICICI Prudential Life Insurance chief-human resources Judhajit Das. IIM-C dean Saibal Chattopadhyay said, … Choosing the financial adviser… Reuters India Artha Money launches India`s first financial supermarket Myiris.com ICICI Prudential Life Partners with IIM-C to Launch Executive … Cool Avenues Economic Times all 8 news articles

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Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) more shares bought by Manufactureres … Mffais.com, CA - 11 hours ago LONG BEACH (Mffais.com) - Manufactureres Life Insurance Co added additional 781 (1.75 %) shares of Peabody Energy Corp (BTU), bringing their current … Cms Energy Corp (CMS) more shares bought by Manufactureres Life … Mffais.com all 20 news articles

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Price cuts help private cos gain share of motor insurance mkt Economic Times, India - 6 hours ago MUMBAI: Private non-life insurance companies have increased their share of motor insurance, following introduction of free pricing. … Artha Money launches India`s first financial supermarket Myiris.com all 3 news articles

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AM Best Affirms Ratings of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Its … MarketWatch - 10 hours ago … Inc. subsidiaries, HCC Life Insurance Company (HCC Life) (Indianapolis, IN) and Perico Life Insurance Company (Perico) (Dover, DE), respectively. …

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Four Banks Ask to Acquire Wall Street Journal - Jul 29, 2008 China Construction Bank Chairman Guo Shuqing said in March that his bank was likely to buy a stake in Beijing-based Happy Life Insurance Co. …

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American Equity Reports Second Quarter 2008 Operating Income of … WELT ONLINE, Germany - 8 hours ago 1 In addition to net income, American Equity has consistently utilized operating income, a non-GAAP financial measure commonly used in the life insurance …

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Life insurance: it paid out for John Darwin, would it pay you? Times Online, UK - Jul 29, 2008 This has been one of those rare occasions when a life insurance company has been on the receiving end of public sympathy. As police begin the fight to …

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Organized by Finance IQ, a division of the International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC), the 4th Insurance Linked Securities Summit was held July 16-18, 2008 at The Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda. ILS professionals on the life and non-life Read More

BOSTON , July 30 /PRNewswire/ — John Hancock Life Insurance Company (John Hancock) was selected by LifePlans, Inc. in conjunction with the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pilot a Living Independently and Falls-free Read More

A Mandaluyong City court yesterday stopped the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) from taking over the Compulsory Third Party Liability (CTPL) insurance for motor vehicles in the country. Judge Carlos Valenzuela of the Mandaluyong RTC Branch Read More

After her husband died in November 2003, Ernestine Boach met with a financial adviser, who told her that her $60,000 life-insurance policy was inadequate. He assured Boach, who had just retired as a clerk for a local school district, that he could Read More

The Life Insurance Industry: Should it Be State or Federally … Associated Content, CO - 2 hours ago This is occurring mostly in the area of life insurance products. This may seem like a new argument but it is very antiquated. Let's examine two statements …

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Insure.com, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results MarketWatch - 8 hours ago "Our #1 focus going forward will be to increase our internal telephone sales force from 40 life insurance agents to 100 over the next four quarters in order … MetLife Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results Trading Markets (press release) Industrial Alliance Publishes its Results for the Second Quarter … Canada NewsWire (press release) Mothers Work Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Earnings Earthtimes (press release) FOXBusiness - Trading Markets (press release) all 725 news articles

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Genworth Financial Reports Second Quarter Net Operating Income Of … FOXBusiness - 5 hours ago Life insurance earnings increased 16 percent primarily from $16 million in more favorable taxes and strong mortality experience, partially offset by higher … ACE Limited Reports Record Second Quarter 2008 Results MarketWatch Lincoln Financial Group Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results PR Newswire (press release) The Hartford Announces Second Quarter Net Income Of $543 Million … StreetInsider.com (subscription) FOXBusiness all 44 news articles

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