Astros reach insurance settlement on Bagwell (Houston Chronicle)
The Astros reached a settlement Thursday with Connecticut General Life Insurance over a lawsuit filed against the company after it denied the club's claim to recoup a portion of Jeff Bagwell's salary from 2006. The amount of the settlement wasn't disclosed.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Pekin Times)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

American Life Insurance Company (ALICO) - AIG Life celebrates the inauguration of its Regional Headquarters at the DIFC (AME Info)
American Life Insurance Company (ALICO) - AIG Life, a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), celebrated the inauguration of its Regional Middle East, Africa & South Asia headquarters at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) on December 16th 2006.

Life insurance is a necessity and now a bargain (Akron Beacon Journal)
I know I'll get a flood of reader mail whenever I write about hot-button issues such as Social Security. But I wasn't prepared for the avalanche from an October column on the need for life insurance.