Insurer Settles Trading Charges (Hartford Courant)
The Hartford Agrees To Pay $115 Million In one of the widest-ranging insurance settlements yet, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has agreed to pay $115 million to resolve allegations from three states that it faked bids and allowed illegal trading in mutual funds by some customers.

Online Extra: Life Settlements: Betting on Death (BusinessWeek)
From the Lowinger clan to hedge funds, investors are cashing in on the business of trading unwanted life insurance policies. But buyers should be wary

LISA Applauds State Legislator's Progress on Model Law: New Provisions Address Stranger Originated Life Insurance (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) today applauded the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) for its continued progress on a model life settlement law for use by the legislatures of the states. NCOIL's Life Settlements Subcommittee met for over 6 hours over two days last week at its Summer National Meeting in Seattle in efforts to complete adoption of amendments to ...