House bill prohibits life insurance denial for travel to Israel (The Jewish Advocate)
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in late September that prohibits companies from denying life insurance coverage or increasing premiums based solely upon past or future travel to Israel.

RELIANCE LIFE LAUNCHES NEW INSURANCE POLICY FOR INDIAN MARKET (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Health / Pharmaceuticals Reliance Life Insurance on Tuesday announced the launch of a new policy 'Express Life', which the the company claimed is the first 'over-the-counter' policy in India.

The future of Thailand's life-insurance system (Bangkok Post)
This is the second of a two-part article (Part 1 appeared on Tuesday) on Thailand's retirement savings system and the changes affecting the life insurance sector.Under Thailand's current pension system, a vast majority of the Thai labour force is not covered by any form of state sponsored retirement plan.

Term Life Insurance Now Less Expensive (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - If you have been thinking about getting term life insurance, now's a great time to start shopping because life insurance rates are declining rapidly.