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Burning Man: It's a way of life for some (East


Burning Man: It's a way of life for some (East Valley Tribune)
The Labor Day weekend offers all kinds of recreational possibilities for hard-working Arizonans. You could take a boat to the lake. You could go camping in the mountains. You could watch a D-Backs game, or have a pleasant backyard barbecue.

MassMutual Expands Structured Settlement Opportunities for Legal Professionals (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company today announced the availability of its structured settlement annuity for funding standalone attorney fees.

Andhra Bank enters life insurance business (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia


Andhra Bank enters life insurance business (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
MUMBAI, Aug 30 (Reuters) - State-run Andhra Bank said on Wednesday its board approved forming a joint venture with Japan's Dai Ichi Mutual Life Insurance and Bank of India to enter the life insurance business.

ParadigmHealth, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company Extend Neonatal Care Management Agreement Under New, (RedNova)
Building on their multi-year relationship, ParadigmHealth and Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company announced a new, two-year agreement to make Neonatal Care Management services available to approximately 2 million members in employer health plans administered by Great-West Healthcare.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything!


Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Hornell Evening Tribune)
(ARA) - The last time you filled out a job application, did you maybe stretch the truth a little about your responsibilities? A lot of people do it to make a better impression on a potential employer, but you better not do it on an application for life insurance!

Clerics Say Insurance Is Anti-Islamic (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
One of South Asia's most influential Islamic seminaries has issued an edict telling Muslims not to buy life insurance policies because they violate Islamic law.

Darul-Uloom Deoband declares life insurance illegitimate (New Kerala)
Lucknow, Aug 30: Darul-Uloom Deoband, a top Islamic seminary in the country, has issued a 'fatwa' (decree) declaring that life insurance was illegitimate in the eyes of Shariat (Islamic jurisprudence).

Prudential settles mutual fund probe (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) BOSTON


Prudential settles mutual fund probe (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
BOSTON - Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, admitted to criminal wrongdoing and agreed yesterday to pay $600 million to avoid prosecution for improper mutual fund trading.

Prudential settles mutual-fund probes (Orlando Sentinel)
Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, agreed to pay $600 million to settle investigations of improper mutual-fund trading and avoid criminal prosecution of one of its units.

Prudential penalized $600 million (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Prudential Financial, the life insurance company, agreed Monday to pay $600 million to settle charges with federal and state regulators that one of its units engaged in inappropriate mutual fund trading.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Carmi


Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Carmi Times)
(ARA) - Are you one of those people who always gets nervous at test time? If so, you may be intrigued by the prospect of buying a life insurance policy that doesn't require a physical exam, but you could be making a huge financial mistake.

Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch)
(ARA) - If you've been putting off shopping for life insurance because you're a smoker, or think you are paying exorbitant premiums because of your habit, it's time to start shopping around.

Non-life insurance companies mull motor pool to be controlled by GIC (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Aug 28: Non-life insurance companies are in talks to launch motor pool for commercial and passenger vehicles for those insurance proposals that are not being accepted by the insurers.

Deoband issues fatwa against life insurance for Sunnis, Shia clerics disagree (Express India)
The Darul Uloom of Deoband, the supreme body of the majority Sunnis, has declared life insurance as illegal but prominent Shia leaders have opposed the decree.

MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off


MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 5% in July (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
North American application activity for individually underwritten life insurance was off -5.0% in July year-over-year, the fifth consecutive month of 2006 declines, according to the MIB Life Index.

China Life Delivers Premium Performance (The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News)
Please forgive me the horrible pun, but life has been good to China Life (NYSE: LFC - News), the largest player in China's nascent life insurance market.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Kewanee Star Courier)
(ARA) - Are you one of those people who always gets nervous at test time? If so, you may be intrigued by the prospect of buying a life insurance policy that doesn't require a physical exam, but you could be making a huge financial mistake.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Hope Star)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

Nashville Insurance Company Makes Addendum (WKRN Nashville) A Nashville-based insurance


Nashville Insurance Company Makes Addendum (WKRN Nashville)
A Nashville-based insurance company made a nice little addendum for policy holders. The American General Life and Accident Insurance Company have made the decision to include death benefits with out an additional premium. The goal of the company is to entice cash-strapped consumers who question the value of insurance or who can't afford separate policies for each coverage. | Copyright 2006 by...

New York Life New York Life Insurance, a Fortune 100 Company is seeking and (Kilgore News Herald)
New York Life New York Life Insurance, a Fortune 100 Company is seeking and individual in Kilgore, Texas (Rusk County) that prossesses strong coaching and teaching abilities, most of all drive Strong communication skills are a must.

New life insurance policy lets you cash in before checking out (Tennessean)
Insurance companies have long marketed life, disability, long-term care and other coverages through separate policies.

Prudential to Settle Fund Probes as Early as Monday, People


Prudential to Settle Fund Probes as Early as Monday, People Say (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, may settle three-year-old investigations of improper mutual-fund trading as early as Monday, according to two people familiar with the probes.

Repopulation, Rebuilding Stall (RedNova)
By Peter Whoriskey The Washington Post NEW ORLEANS -- When it was fresh, the epic wreckage of Hurricane Katrina inspired rallying cries of "We will rebuild!" But a year after the costliest natural disaster in U.S.

Prudential to settle mutual fund probe (Daily Record)
Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, may settle three-year-old investigations of improper mutual-fund trading as early as Monday, according to three people familiar with the probes.

Minnesota Life Group Insurance Site Receives Highest Rating (SYS-CON Media)


Minnesota Life Group Insurance Site Receives Highest Rating (SYS-CON Media)
LifeBenefits.com, the self-service group life insurance site provided by Minnesota Life, received a higher rating than any of the companies listed in this year's insurance Customer Respect Study published by The Customer Respect Group. The Minnesota Life site received a 7.3 rating out of ten; the highest ranking from the insurance industry study was 7.1

Term Life Insurance -- As Easy As A-B-C (Southwest Daily News)
(ARA) - There are some things in life that will always be confusing. Like why the same meals prepared at your children's friends' houses always taste better. Why you can run out of gas when the gauge still shows one-eighth full.

New York Life New York Life Insurance, a Fortune 100 Company is seeking and (Kilgore News Herald)
New York Life New York Life Insurance, a Fortune 100 Company is seeking and individual in Kilgore, Texas (Rusk County) that prossesses strong coaching and teaching abilities, most of all drive Strong communication skills are a must.

Minnesota Life Group Insurance Site Receives Highest Rating (PR Newswire


Minnesota Life Group Insurance Site Receives Highest Rating (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LifeBenefits.com, the self-service group life insurance site provided by Minnesota Life, received a higher rating than any of the companies listed in this year's insurance Customer Respect Study published by The Customer Respect Group.

Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Ionia Sentinel-Standard)
(ARA) - If you've been putting off shopping for life insurance because you're a smoker, or think you are paying exorbitant premiums because of your habit, it's time to start shopping around.

RBC Life Insurance Co. opens representative office in Beijing (Investment Executive)
RBC Insurance announced on Thursday the opening of RBC Life Insurance Co. s new representative office in Beijing. The new office will allow RBC to liaise with governmental and regulatory bodies, conduct market research and establish an RBC Insurance presence in the Chinese marketplace.

John Hancock upgrades life insurance software (Computer Business Review)
Financial services group John Hancock has upgraded its JH Illustrator software system in an effort to simplify the life insurance application process for producers.

Homeowners decked by Katrina still wait for insurers to pay


Homeowners decked by Katrina still wait for insurers to pay up (USA Today)
A year after Hurricane Katrina flattened her ranch-style brick house on Washington Avenue here, Tina Lee has received only $2,500 from her homeowner's policy for living expenses.

Life Insurance Settlement Association Announces the Release of the Organization's First White Paper (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) today announced the release of a white paper entitled "Cashing in on Unneeded Life Insurance Policies: How Seniors Are Benefiting from Life Settlements." The 16-page document provides an overview of the industry, an explanation of the life settlement product along with case scenarios illustrating the advantages of a life settlement for qualifying

September GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights (EurekAlert!)
Boulder, Colo. - Topics include: paleoseismology of Yucca Mountain, Nevada; impact of magnetic anomalies in Earth's oceanic crust on plate tectonics; evidence of episodic regional and possibly global glaciation during the Neoproterozoic; insights into Paleocene-Eocene global warming; impact of subduction on Earth's surface characteristics; records of environmental change in Black Coral specimens;

John Hancock Simplifies Life Insurance Application Process for Producers (PR


John Hancock Simplifies Life Insurance Application Process for Producers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
John Hancock has just made life insurance -- and life -- easier for clients and producers.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Brush News Tribune)
(ARA) - Are you one of those people who always gets nervous at test time? If so, you may be intrigued by the prospect of buying a life insurance policy that doesn't require a physical exam, but you could be making a huge financial mistake.

FSA seeks halt to lenders' life insurance ploy (Asahi.com)
Consumer loan companies have been taking out life insurance policies as collateral often without the borrower's knowledge, and the Financial Services Agency wants the practice to stop.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Derby Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Derby Daily


Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Derby Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

TietoEnator wins OP life insurance system contract (Computer Business Review)
Finnish IT services provider TietoEnator is to supply insurers OP Life Assurance and Pohjola with a new life insurance system.

QuotesOnTap, North America s Leading Independent Multiple Company Software for Comparison of Life Insurance on PDA (PR Web)
The leading QuotesOnTap professional software for independent multiple company life insurance quotations and comparisons on PDA devices is enhanced further with multilingual capabilities. The software is now bilingual, providing instant choice and use of English and French. Spanish, Italian and other languages are also in the process of being added. (PRWEB Aug 24, 2006) Trackback URI:

Straight to The Source (Washington Post) Absorb the splendor that is


Straight to The Source (Washington Post)
Absorb the splendor that is the Potomac River from a different perspective.

Life-Exchange, Inc. Obtains Errors and Omissions Coverage (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MIAMI----Aug. 22, 2006--Life-Exchange, Inc. , a business-to-business exchange for the life settlement industry, has obtained Errors and Omissions Coverage in response to their recent growth and position in the market.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Ionia Sentinel-Standard) (ARA) -


Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Ionia Sentinel-Standard)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

TietoEnator reports OP Life Assurance and Pohjola Life Insurance contracts (Finextra)
TietoEnator will deliver a life insurance system for OP Life Assurance Company Ltd and Pohjola Life Insurance Company Ltd.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Carmi


Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Carmi Times)
(ARA) - Are you one of those people who always gets nervous at test time? If so, you may be intrigued by the prospect of buying a life insurance policy that doesn't require a physical exam, but you could be making a huge financial mistake.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Evening Times)
(ARA) - The last time you filled out a job application, did you maybe stretch the truth a little about your responsibilities? A lot of people do it to make a better impression on a potential employer, but you better not do it on an application for life insurance!

LIFA Commends Congress' Decision to Exclude a Provision for Excise


LIFA Commends Congress' Decision to Exclude a Provision for Excise Tax on Life Settlements in Pension Bill (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Aug. 14, 2006--The Life Insurance Finance Association commends the Congress for its decision to protect the retirement financial security of millions of Americans while also preserving the value of the secondary life insurance market for consumers, commonly known as "life settlements."

Congress of Rabbis from the CIS Concludes in Jerusalem (The Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS)
JERUSALEM, Israel - Participants of the Congress of Rabbis of the CIS shared their unique experiences of reviving Jewish communities, told about relations with local authorities and discussed future projects for the development of Jewish life in their cities.

Uri Avnery: The 155th Victim (Scoop.co.nz)
In simple language: "the comprehensive will of the people" - the will of all parts of the Lebanese public, including the Shiite community. "Side by side with the Resistance": side by side with Hizbullah. "Which have amazed the world with their steadfastness": the heroism of the Hizbullah fighters.

South Africa: Tears of Joy As 77-Year-Old Woman Receives a House (AllAfrica.com)
The glimmer on her face says it all, brought by something she can never exchange for anything in the world.

Insurance agent helps plan for life events (South Bend Tribune)


Insurance agent helps plan for life events (South Bend Tribune)
Derrick Wesley remembers the first time he had to take a life insurance claim check to a grieving widow. That was nearly 12 years ago when he made the move from being a claim adjuster to an agent. In a recent interview with staff writer Robin Toepp, Wesley talks about the process.

Life Insurance Company Pays Premiums (Ghanaweb.com)
Saltpond (C/R), Aug. 20, GNA- Management of Ghana Life Insurance Company (GLICO) on Saturday presented six million cedis cheque to the Mfantsiman District Mutual Health Insurance Scheme (MDMH) for the payment of registration fees and premiums sixty needy people at Saltpond Zongo free of charge.

Accenture Acquires NaviSys Deal marks an adaptation away from custom-built solutions to meet insurance carriers' demand (Finance Technology Network)
Anticipating a wave of life insurance systems consolidation, Accenture has stated its intention to acquire Edison, N.J.-based NaviSys, a privately owned provider of software and services whose customers include 17 of the top 20 North American life insurance carriers.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Benton Evening News) (ARA)


Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

Term Life Insurance -- As Easy As A-B-C (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - There are some things in life that will always be confusing. Like why the same meals prepared at your children's friends' houses always taste better. Why you can run out of gas when the gauge still shows one-eighth full.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

Insurance agent helps plan for life events (South Bend Tribune)
Derrick Wesley remembers the first time he had to take a life insurance claim check to a grieving widow. That was nearly 12 years ago when he made the move from being a claim adjuster to an agent. In a recent interview with staff writer Robin Toepp, Wesley talks about the process.

HISTORY: Custer's life insurance policy goes on display at Ft.


HISTORY: Custer's life insurance policy goes on display at Ft. Lincoln (Grand Forks Herald)
A copy of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's life insurance policy is on display at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park here. The replica of the $5,000 policy from New York Life Insurance was taken out on June 4, 1874, about two years before he died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Beware Of Universal Life Insurance: Part 2 (Senior Journal)
August 17, 2006 - In my last article, I explained the basic differences between term and permanent insurance. Permanent insurance such as Whole Life, Universal Life, Equity-Indexed Universal Life and Variable Universal Life is regularly promoted as the perfect retirement vehicle or the new way to build wealth. This week I will expose the fallacies of those arguments.

Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Bastrop Daily Enterprise)
(ARA) - If you've been putting off shopping for life insurance because you're a smoker, or think you are paying exorbitant premiums because of your habit, it's time to start shopping around.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

LIFA Commends Congress' Decision to Exclude a Provision for Excise


LIFA Commends Congress' Decision to Exclude a Provision for Excise Tax on Life Settlements in Pension Bill (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Aug. 14, 2006--The Life Insurance Finance Association commends the Congress for its decision to protect the retirement financial security of millions of Americans while also preserving the value of the secondary life insurance market for consumers, commonly known as "life settlements."

Man sentenced in Phoenix killing previously pinned on wrong man (KVOA Tucson)
PHOENIX A chapter has been closed in a high-profile Phoenix murder case in which the wrong man was sentenced to death before being exonerated by D-N-A evidence.

Select an Edition: (AlertNet)
Flash floods in Ethiopia's second-largest city, Dire Dawa, have left thousands of people homeless. Above normal rainfall has caused several rivers in Ethiopia to burst their banks and overflow, resulting in extensive flooding in many areas and subsequent loss of life.

Accenture to Acquire NaviSys, a Leading North American Life Insurance


Accenture to Acquire NaviSys, a Leading North American Life Insurance Software and Services Provider (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Aug. 17, 2006--Accenture has agreed to acquire NaviSys, a privately held company that specializes in software solutions for the North American life insurance industry. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close within the next 60 days, were not disclosed.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Evening Times)
(ARA) - Are you one of those people who always gets nervous at test time? If so, you may be intrigued by the prospect of buying a life insurance policy that doesn't require a physical exam, but you could be making a huge financial mistake.

Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - If you've been putting off shopping for life insurance because you're a smoker, or think you are paying exorbitant premiums because of your habit, it's time to start shopping around.

Fort Dearborn Life Completes Acquisition of Life and Disability Business


Fort Dearborn Life Completes Acquisition of Life and Disability Business From HM Life Insurance Company (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation , a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, has completed the acquisition of the life and disability business of HM Life Insurance Company .

Reliance Life Insurance launches maiden insurance product (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Aug 17: Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Life Insurance today announced the launch of Reliance Connect 2 Life Plan, its first product since acquiring the life insurance business of AMP Sanmar in October last.

Mexicans desperate to cross into the U.S. (The Fredericksburg Free


Mexicans desperate to cross into the U.S. (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
Mexicans determined to find better life in U.S.

After one year of Israeli withdrawal, life remains hard for Palestinians in Gaza (People's Daily)
One year after Israel began its evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and withdrew its troops after 38 years of military occupation, life remains hard in the overpopulated Gaza Strip enclave, if not even worse, because of the continued fights and Israeli blockade.

Gaza marks first year of Israeli withdrawal in despair (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Gaza marked the first anniversary of the start of Israel's historic pullout from the coastal strip amid bitterness that the end of the Jewish settlements did not bring an end to occupation and bloodshed.

Beware of Universal Life Insurance: Part 1 (Senior Journal) August


Beware of Universal Life Insurance: Part 1 (Senior Journal)
August 16, 2006 - Has a life insurance agent suggested that you buy permanent insurance such as Whole Life, Universal Life or Variable Universal Life? The reasons they give seem so compelling, but are they in your best interest? Here s an explanation of the basics, plus what the insurance agent isn t telling you!

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Hope Star)
(ARA) - The last time you filled out a job application, did you maybe stretch the truth a little about your responsibilities? A lot of people do it to make a better impression on a potential employer, but you better not do it on an application for life insurance!

North Coast Life Insurance Company Announces New President (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SPOKANE, Wash.----Aug. 16, 2006--North Coast Life Insurance Company announces today that Robert J. Ogden has been named its President and Chief Executive Officer. C. Robert Ogden, North Coast's previous president and CEO, will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything!


Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Advocate Tribune)
(ARA) - The last time you filled out a job application, did you maybe stretch the truth a little about your responsibilities? A lot of people do it to make a better impression on a potential employer, but you better not do it on an application for life insurance!

AWD Second-Quarter Net Falls 8.3% on Fewer Life Insurance Sales (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- AWD Holding AG, a German financial services broker, said second-quarter profit fell 8.3 percent as it sold fewer life insurance policies and more products with lower commissions.

AWD Profit Falls on Life Insurance Sales, Marketing (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- AWD Holding AG, a German financial services broker, said second-quarter profit fell 8.3 percent as it sold fewer life insurance policies and spent money on marketing during the soccer World Cup.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Advocate Tribune)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

Ong heads body for better living (The Star Online) MIRI


Ong heads body for better living (The Star Online)
MIRI : Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting has been elected president of the Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Housing (EAROPH) a global body involved in efforts to raise the quality of life in human settlements in the Asia and Pacific regions.

Select an Edition: (AlertNet)
Since hostilities broke out along the border between Israel and Lebanon, official sources have reported over 1000 deaths and over 3600 injured in both countries.

Gaza marks first year of Israeli withdrawal in despair (Khaleej Times)
GAZA CITY - Gaza marked the first anniversary of the start of Israel s historic pullout from the coastal strip Tuesday amid bitterness that the end of the Jewish settlements did not bring an end to occupation and bloodshed.

AWD Second-Quarter Net Falls 8.3% on Fewer Life Insurance Sales


AWD Second-Quarter Net Falls 8.3% on Fewer Life Insurance Sales (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- AWD Holding AG, a German financial services broker, said second-quarter profit fell 8.3 percent as it sold fewer life insurance policies and more products with lower commissions.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - Are you one of those people who always gets nervous at test time? If so, you may be intrigued by the prospect of buying a life insurance policy that doesn't require a physical exam, but you could be making a huge financial mistake.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

AWD Profit Falls on Life Insurance Sales, Marketing (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- AWD Holding AG, a German financial services broker, said second-quarter profit fell 8.3 percent as it sold fewer life insurance policies and spent money on marketing during the soccer World Cup.

Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Kewanee Star Courier) (ARA) -


Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Kewanee Star Courier)
(ARA) - If you've been putting off shopping for life insurance because you're a smoker, or think you are paying exorbitant premiums because of your habit, it's time to start shopping around.

New York Life Leads Million Dollar Round Table for the 52nd Consecutive Year (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Aug. 14, 2006--New York Life Insurance Company is the prevailing leader of the Million Dollar Round Table in the United States for the fifty-second consecutive year with 2,331 New York Life agents achieving MDRT membership.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Kewanee Star Courier)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

Term Life Insurance -- As Easy As A-B-C (Hornell Evening Tribune)
(ARA) - There are some things in life that will always be confusing. Like why the same meals prepared at your children's friends' houses always taste better. Why you can run out of gas when the gauge still shows one-eighth full.

ANALYSIS - Olmert faces battle for survival after Lebanon war


ANALYSIS - Olmert faces battle for survival after Lebanon war (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Lebanon has a habit of bringing down Israeli leaders. If the war subsides between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas after a truce due this week, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces a battle for his political life to ensure he is not the next.

Is lake water healthy and potable? (Central Chronicle)
Bhopal, Aug 10: The Upper and Lower lakes have served as the life line for providing potable water to the residents of Bhopal since long. The quality of water in the Upper Lake has deteriorated over the years due to inflow of waste and sewage from human settlements and silt from the catchment areas.

ANALYSIS - Olmert faces battle for survival after Lebanon war (The Star Online)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Lebanon has a habit of bringing down Israeli leaders.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Kewanee Star


Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Kewanee Star Courier)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Ridgecrest Daily Independent)
(ARA) - Are you one of those people who always gets nervous at test time? If so, you may be intrigued by the prospect of buying a life insurance policy that doesn't require a physical exam, but you could be making a huge financial mistake.

Shriram Life Insurance eyes Rs110-crore in FY07 (Business Standard India)


Shriram Life Insurance eyes Rs110-crore in FY07 (Business Standard India)
Shriram Life Insurance Company, a joint venture between Chennai-based Shriram Group and South African insurance major Sanlam, has targeted a turnover of Rs 110 crore for the 2006-07 financial year.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Southwest Daily News)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable (Foreign Affairs Magazine)


What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable (Foreign Affairs Magazine)
Summary: Can anything -- international mediation, regional collaboration, decentralization, or constitutional negotiations -- save Iraq from a full-fledged civil war and the Bush administration from a foreign policy fiasco?

Unplanned settlements expose dwellers to numerous risks (IPP Media)
2006-08-10 08:38:30 By Emmanuel Kihaule writing for JET. A recent visit to Dar es Salaam left me with a lot of unanswered questions about the government\ s commitment to check the mushrooming of unplanned settlements in the country most especially in Dar es Salaam.

Is lake water healthy and potable? (Central Chronicle)
Bhopal, Aug 10: The Upper and Lower lakes have served as the life line for providing potable water to the residents of Bhopal since long. The quality of water in the Upper Lake has deteriorated over the years due to inflow of waste and sewage from human settlements and silt from the catchment areas.

New book shows life along the Ohio River (Community Press & Recorder)
With black and white postcards, a new book takes readers on a trip down the Ohio River from Cincinnati to Louisville.

Swiss Life to sell Italian insurance business to bancApulia (Banking


Swiss Life to sell Italian insurance business to bancApulia (Banking Business Review)
Swiss Life has agreed to sell its Italian insurance subsidiaries to Italian financial group bancApulia.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - The last time you filled out a job application, did you maybe stretch the truth a little about your responsibilities? A lot of people do it to make a better impression on a potential employer, but you better not do it on an application for life insurance!

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Kewanee Star Courier) (ARA)


Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Kewanee Star Courier)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

Swiss Life to sell Italian insurance business to bancApulia (Banking Business Review)
Swiss Life has agreed to sell its Italian insurance subsidiaries to Italian financial group bancApulia.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Hope Star)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch)


Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

Fortis to buy Ukranian insurer Etalon Life for 7.6 million euros (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Dutch banking and insurance group Fortis said that its international insurance arm will acquire the Ukranian insurer Etalon Life, for 7.6 million euros (9.7 million dollars).

Fortis to acquire Etalon Life, Ukraine's number 7 life insurance company (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fortis announced today that its international insurance arm, Fortis Insurance International, has signed a preliminary agreement with the aim of acquiring Etalon Life, Ukraine's seventh largest Life insurance company. This acquisition marks Fortis' entrance into the Ukrainian insurance market, in a cash transaction of approximately EUR 7.6 million.

Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association Announce


Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association Announce the Publication of a Special (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association today announced the publication and release of a special section on the growing life settlement industry which appears in the Summer 2006 edition of The Journal of Structured Finance. The special section was a joint initiative between the publisher of Institutional Investor Journals and LISA in response to the growing

Talking and Shunning in the Mideast (8 Letters) (New York Times)
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PE municipality trying to assist flood victims (SABC News)
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality in Port Elizabeth will look into finding alternate land for the thousands of residents from informal settlements whose shacks in low lying areas were destroyed in the floods last week.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything!


Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Ridgecrest Daily Independent)
(ARA) - The last time you filled out a job application, did you maybe stretch the truth a little about your responsibilities? A lot of people do it to make a better impression on a potential employer, but you better not do it on an application for life insurance!

Buying Life Insurance: Term Versus Permanent (Investopedia)
Long-Term Care Insurance: Who Needs It? - No one is immune to the possibility of one day needing long-term care - and the costs can deplete a life savings.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Hornell Evening Tribune)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association Announce


Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association Announce the Publication of a Special (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association today announced the publication and release of a special section on the growing life settlement industry which appears in the Summer 2006 edition of The Journal of Structured Finance. The special section was a joint initiative between the publisher of Institutional Investor Journals and LISA in response to the growing

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Evening Times)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

When duty calls, so does life insurance (The Charlotte Observer)
Life insurance is a sign of adulthood. First you can vote, then buy beer. Soon you have a family or a mortgage or both. Next up: life insurance.

S&P sees India's life insurance cover growing 20 pct (Yahoo! India News)
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's state-dominated life insurance sector is poised for at least 20 percent annual growth, driven by a rapidly expanding middle class, rising disposable incomes, and greater demand for health cover, S&P said on Monday.

Usiminas and Cosipa Reduces Operating Costs with Network Upgrade from


Usiminas and Cosipa Reduces Operating Costs with Network Upgrade from Nortel (SYS-CON Media)
Usiminas and Cosipa, one of the largest steel processing groups in Brazil, has improved the security and high-bandwidth capabilities of its communications while reducing costs through a network upgrade from Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT). The upgraded network helps Usiminas and Cosipa to support bandwidth-hungry production and office processes with new wireless mobility features for 6,000 employees

Life Partners Announces Appointment as Investment Advisor to Second European Life Settlement Fund and Voting Results at (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WACO, Texas----Aug. 4, 2006--Life Partners Holdings, Inc. held its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at its headquarters yesterday at the company headquarters in Waco, Texas marking almost 15 years as the world's oldest and only publicly held company operating exclusively in the secondary life insurance industry.

Zimbabwe: Quelea Birds - Effective Control Vital (AllAfrica.com)
DESPITE the fact that the farmers' arsenal against quelea birds looks impressive -- covering aerial spraying of chemicals, special traps and other methods being experimented on -- policy makers and animal rights groups say efforts at the moment should be directed towards effective, sensitive and collective approaches to control the troublesome birds.

Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association Announce the Publication of a Special (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Institutional Investor Journals and the Life Insurance Settlement Association today announced the publication and release of a special section on the growing life settlement industry which appears in the Summer 2006 edition of The Journal of Structured Finance. The special section was a joint initiative between the publisher of Institutional Investor Journals and LISA in response to the growing

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything!


Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Evening Times)
(ARA) - The last time you filled out a job application, did you maybe stretch the truth a little about your responsibilities? A lot of people do it to make a better impression on a potential employer, but you better not do it on an application for life insurance!

Harry Gross | Even at age 56, good deals for life insurance are available (Philadelphia Daily News)
Dear Harry: In 1990, I bought a 20-year term insurance policy for $500,000. I was then 40, and I figured that 20 years would take me past my last need for caring for my family in case of a premature death. My hope was that both my children would be on their own by then. However, human plans have a way of being changed by unforeseen circumstances. Now, my wife is ill and cannot earn money by

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Evening Times)


Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Evening Times)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

HCC Insurance Holdings Acquires Minn. Allianz Life Insurance (Insurance Journal)
Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced today that the Company had reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America's Health Products Divisio

Military personnel to benefit from insurance settlement (WALB News 10)


Military personnel to benefit from insurance settlement (WALB News 10)
Atlanta - Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine, Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced today multi-state and federal settlements regarding the improper sale of insurance and investment products to U.S. military personnel.

New Free Ebook on Understanding Life Settlements (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Providence, RI (PRWEB) July 31, 2006 -- Consumers can now access a free e-book, Understanding Life Settlements, at http:

Life Partners Announces Appointment as Investment Advisor to Second European Life Settlement Fund and Voting Results at (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WACO, Texas----Aug. 4, 2006--Life Partners Holdings, Inc. held its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at its headquarters yesterday at the company headquarters in Waco, Texas marking almost 15 years as the world's oldest and only publicly held company operating exclusively in the secondary life insurance industry.

Alfa 2Q Profit Falls on Expenses (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Alfa Corp. said Friday second-quarter earnings fell 11 percent as expenses for settlements and deferred policy acquisitions outpaced growth in revenue.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Harrisburg Daily


Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Harrisburg Daily Register)
(ARA) - If you have a full time job, you may also be fortunate enough to have a free term life insurance policy through your employer. For most people, it's the equivalent of a year's salary. If you're lucky, it might even be as high as three times your annual salary.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - Purchasing life insurance online is one of the easiest decisions you'll ever make when it comes to protecting your family's financial future.

HCC Insurance Holdings Acquires Minn. Allianz Life Insurance (Insurance Journal)
Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced today that the Company had reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America's Health Products Divisio

Birla Sun Life Insurance plans Rs 30 cr branch expansion


Birla Sun Life Insurance plans Rs 30 cr branch expansion (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Aug 3: Promoters of Birla Sun Life Insurance have infused an additional capital of Rs 30 crore to set up 25 new branches in smaller towns across India by September 2006.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Kewanee Star Courier)
(ARA) - The last time you filled out a job application, did you maybe stretch the truth a little about your responsibilities? A lot of people do it to make a better impression on a potential employer, but you better not do it on an application for life insurance!

Spy pics reveal ancient settlements (The Australian) AUSTRALIAN researchers studying


Spy pics reveal ancient settlements (The Australian)
AUSTRALIAN researchers studying declassified spy satellite images have found widespread remains of ancient human settlements dating back 130,000 years in Syria.

New Free Ebook on Understanding Life Settlements (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Providence, RI (PRWEB) July 31, 2006 -- Consumers can now access a free e-book, Understanding Life Settlements, at http:

Lifetrade Receives the First Life Settlements Open-Ended Fund S&P Credit Quality Rating (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Lifetrade Fund B.V., has received a Standard & Poor's Credit Quality rating as a life settlement investment fund. Lifetrade is the first open-ended fund to receive such a rating from Standard & Poor's in the secondary life insurance market.

Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company's Harmony(SM) Enrollment System Conducts


Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company's Harmony(SM) Enrollment System Conducts Enrollments on a Whole New Scale (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The new Harmony enrollment system from Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company brings businesses a wide range of benefits enrollment solutions, such as daily reporting, easy and secure employee data exchange, and improved benefits communication for core and voluntary benefits, as well as solutions for enrolling remote employees.

Postal life insurance to sell other firms' products even before IPO (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ A postal life insurance firm that will emerge on the privatization of Japan's postal system in October 2007 will seek to sell other insurers' products even before its initial public offering, the firm's future chairman said in a recent interview with Kyodo News.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Southwest Daily News)
(ARA) - Are you one of those people who always gets nervous at test time? If so, you may be intrigued by the prospect of buying a life insurance policy that doesn't require a physical exam, but you could be making a huge financial mistake.

IBM debuts grid computing offering for life insurance industry (Computer


IBM debuts grid computing offering for life insurance industry (Computer Business Review)
IBM has announced a new grid offering to assist life insurance clients decrease the time needed to run complex insurance model scenarios, which in turn should help manage risk and increase profitability.

Impending Estate Tax Reform Will Give Owners of Large Life Insurance Policies an Enormous Windfall (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) August 2, 2006 -- While estate tax reform would save America s richest families many millions of tax dollars, those who currently own large life insurance policies will often enjoy a second, less obvious, multi-million dollar windfall.

Impending Estate Tax Reform Will Give Owners of Large Life Insurance Policies an Enormous Windfall (PR Web)
Super-wealthy families will win twice if estate tax repeal or reform becomes law. Beyond the obvious tax savings, America's richest citizens will sell off the multi-million dollar life insurance policies that they no longer need -- at an enormous profit. (PRWEB Aug 2, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/SW5zZS1QaWdnLVNxdWEtSW5zZS1JbnNlLVplcm8=

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