Afraid to invest? Buy 'insurance' (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
My wife, Georgina, has spent close to $4,000 the past two years for "investment insurance" she didn't need. But...

Life insurance industry to offer 1st qualification test in Oct. (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ The Life Insurance Association of Japan will carry out the first examination in October under a qualification system it has devised to prevent a recurrence of massive nonpayment of legitimate insurance claims, the newly installed chairman of the industry association said Friday.

China Life\'s Strong Prospects (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)
It is clear that China Life is the market leader in China\'s life insurance industry, where opportunities are significant.

Hapoalim to sell Massad to market life insurance (Haaretz Daily)
A dramatic development over the weekend will apparently clear the way for the major banks to enter the life insurance market by 2010. In return, the major banks will accept a delay of their entrance into the pension sector until 2010.