Windfall cash-in at Standard Life (BBC News)
Customers cashing in their policies with Standard Life have hit the insurance group's half-year profits.

Nigeria: Insurance Vital to Survivors' Way of Life (AllAfrica.com)
Insurance agent Clif Rosenberry knows firsthand what can happen when a family's breadwinner dies without life insurance: His brother was killed at the age of 39 in a work accident, and he didn't have his own policy.

Life insurance through pension funds is cheaper by 30 percent (Haaretz Daily)
Pension funds beat "managers' insurance policies" hands down when it comes to life insurance prices, according to a study conducted for TheMarker. This is another reason why it is better to invest in a pension fund as opposed to the insurance policies.

PA Insurance Commissioner Encourages Consumers to Evaluate Life Insurance Needs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken today reminded consumers of the need to review and understand their personal or family life insurance needs.