High increases for general insurance, life insurance policies markets over 2008 2012 (Nine O'Clock)
The Romanian market of general insurance is expected to advance at an annual rate, over 2008 2012, of 18 per cent, while life insurance segment will pose an annual development pace of 21 per cent, according to researchandmarkets.com, which cites data from Business Monitor International (BMI), according to Mediafax.

A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of United Family Life Insurance Company (Centre Daily Times)
A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" and assigned a category NR-3 (Rating Procedure Inapplicable) to United Family Life Insurance Company (UFL) (Atlanta, GA). UFL operates as a subsidiary of Assurant, Inc. (New York, NY) (NYSE: AIZ).

Munich Re, Hero start Indian life insurance venture (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
FRANKFURT, May 2 - Germany's Ergo Insurance Group and India's Hero Group have agreed to form a life insurance joint venture in India, Ergo parent Munich Re said on Friday.

OUTLOOK Axa to report Q1 decline in new life insurance business margin (Sharewatch)
PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Insurance giant Axa SA will report on Wednesday morning that its profit margin in new business in life insurance and savings declined from a year earlier as a key measure, annual premium equivalent (APE), fell amid the global financial market turmoil, analysts said.