Insurers agree to bail out Executive Life (Crain's New York Business)
The industry agreed to guarantee some $750 million in future annuity payouts delivered through beleaguered Executive Life Co. of New York.

Violence threatens Darfur camps (BBC News)
A proliferation in the number of armed militia groups here has led to a new wave of violence that is hitting the millions inside the region's refugee camps, writes the BBC's Mike Thomson.

Court Won't Hear Life Insurance Sales Case (WTOP Radio Network)
The Supreme Court declined Monday to rule on a case that tests whether states such as Virginia can regulate the sale of life insurance by policyholders to investors, a practice known as "viatical" or life settlements.