ESTATE PLANNING column: Life insurance, annuities and trusts (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Q: You recently wrote about the importance of funding the trust. I have been told that anything with a beneficiary named does not have to be in the trust. Should insurance policies and annuities be placed in a trust?

Allianz pins hopes on life insurance sales this year (The Star)
MUNICH: Allianz is banking on higher life insurance sales to bolster its domestic earnings this year in an intensely competitive market.

Satellite insurance rates to rise after large losses hit market (Business Insurance)
Satellite launch insurance rates are climbing this year following the $256 million loss of a satellite for which the effective life expectancy has dropped to two years from 15 years following a launch in December.