China Life says approached by U.S. financial firms (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Several U.S. financial firms have inquired whether China Life Insurance Co (601628.SS)(2628.HK) would like to invest in them, Wan Feng, the president of the nation's biggest insurer, said on Wednesday.

AXA Equitable Offers Clients a Way to Increase Their Life Insurance Policy's Cash Surrender Value (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sometimes liquidity is an issue when wealthy individuals or businesses require substantial amounts of life insurance protection. That's why AXA Equitable introduced today in approved jurisdictions a new Cash Value Plus Rider on its Athena Universal Life Death Benefit product (Athena UL-DB CVPlus Rider).

Dai-i-chi Life Gets Government OK To Up Vietnam Invest To $72 Million-Report (Nasdaq)
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Japan's Dai-i-chi Life Insurance Co. has received government permission to increase its investment in Vietnam to $72 million from $25 million, state media reported, citing a company official.

Pro-life mailing offends some residents (The Journal Times)
RACINE Peggy Bell recycled the tiny plastic fetus she received in the mail. She didn t know what else to do with it. Bell, 51, an insurance agent, wasn t going to spend the money to send it back to the local Wisconsin Right to Life chapter, the organization that sent it to her, she said.