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Life insurance company settles, compensates Marines (Navy Times) American-Amicable Life


Life insurance company settles, compensates Marines (Navy Times)
American-Amicable Life Insurance Company has settled allegations of misleading sales practices by agreeing to compensate military personnel with cash refunds or upgrades to the cash value of the policies it sold to about 70,000 service members, according to a Corps-wide message released on Thursday.

Comment: What You Need To Know About Life Insurance (The Motley Fool)
Life insurance pays out to your dependants if you die. Well, that seems simple enough. But is it though? In my view, other than the price, there are several things you need to know.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (El Dorado Times)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

Affordable lifeline: Life insurance is cheaper, now that people live longer (Lansing State Journal)
The next time your party guests linger past your bedtime, ask them how they feel about life insurance. Watch that they don't trip over your cat as they sprint to the door.

Revenue to net 500m from life-assurance probe (Sunday Business Post)


Revenue to net 500m from life-assurance probe (Sunday Business Post)
29 October 2006 By Louise McBride The Revenue Commissioners expect to collect about 500 million from tax-evaders by the time they complete their investigation into life-assurance products next year.

LIFE OFFICES (Financial Mail)
and their profit margins in SA activities will continue, despite the agreement reached with the national treasury last December. That's the conclusion to be drawn from the latest ruling by pension funds adjudicator (PFA) Vuyani Ngalwana.

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


Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(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!

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(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.

MassMutual Offers Free Life Insurance to Working Parents in Florida (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is bringing the company's LifeBridge Free Life Insurance Program to the Sarasota, Florida area.

Under-Insured for Term Life Insurance? New Website Makes Finding Out


Under-Insured for Term Life Insurance? New Website Makes Finding Out Easy (PR Web)
As premiums dip, IQuote.com helps consumers shop, compare and choose term life insurance. (PRWeb Oct 27, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/TWFnbi1Ib3JyLUNvdXAtU2luZy1NYWduLVplcm8=

LifeBridge Free Life Insurance Program (BellaOnline)
An overview of the MassMutual LifeBridge program that provides free term life insurance.

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.

Spitzer Says Firm Defrauded Life Insurance Owners (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, targeting a new sector of financial services, accused a closely held Pennsylvania firm of orchestrating a bid-rigging scheme to defraud life insurance holders.

Life Partners Names New Board Member (Business Wire via Yahoo!


Life Partners Names New Board Member (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WACO, Texas----Life Partners Holdings, Inc. announced today that the board of directors has unanimously voted to appoint Dr. Harold E. Rafuse as an independent director and member of the audit and compensation committees as of November 1, 2006.

Spitzer accuses company of double dealing in life insurance payouts (WCAX 3)
ALBANY, N.Y. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is suing a company involved in a (b) billion-dollar industry known as "life settlements." The transactions...

New American saint exemplifies 'holiness' (San Angelo Standard-Times)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - An Indiana nun once banished from her congregation by a bishop was proclaimed a saint this month, providing a model of virtuous life to America's Roman Catholics - even if they find themselves at odds with church leaders.

Spitzer Says Firm Defrauded Life Insurance Owners (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Oct.


Spitzer Says Firm Defrauded Life Insurance Owners (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, targeting a new sector of financial services, accused a closely held Pennsylvania firm of orchestrating a bid-rigging scheme to defraud life insurance holders.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Hornell Evening Tribune)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

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.

Auto Home Business Life INSURANCE AGENCY Since 1963 attention contractors (Landmark)
Auto Home Business Life INSURANCE AGENCY Since 1963 attention contractors We have several companies that specialize in insurance for small contractors with unbeatable prices.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Bastrop Daily Enterprise)
(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 (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.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Arkadelphia Daily Siftings Herald)
(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!

Eastern Life & Health Moves Into Eastern Insurance Holdings Headquarters (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced today that subsidiary Eastern Life & Health Insurance Company will move its offices this weekend to EIHI's headquarters.

Sun Life Financial reports record quarterly earnings of $541 million


Sun Life Financial reports record quarterly earnings of $541 million (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sun Life Financial Inc. today announced record earnings of $541 million or $0.94 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Earnings per share were up 14.6% over operating EPS in the third quarter of 2005.

Fla. Viatical Settlements Co Founder Pleads Guilty (Nasdaq)
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A founding partner of a Florida viatical settlements company has pleaded guilty to participating in a massive securities fraud in which investors lost $956 million, federal prosecutors announced on Monday.

Spitzer accuses company of double dealing in insurance payouts (WRGB)
(Albany, NY - AP) - A Philadelphia company is disputing allegations by New York's attorney general that it violated fraud and antitrust laws. The chief executive of Coventry First says the allegations are based on a few e-mail messages that were taken out of context.

Life insurance becoming more affordable (Telegraph-Forum) The next time your


Life insurance becoming more affordable (Telegraph-Forum)
The next time your party guests linger past your bedtime, ask them how they feel about life insurance. Watch that they don't trip over your cat as they sprint to the door.

First Pet Life Finalizes Agreement With Northern and Western Insurance Company (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
First Pet Life, Inc. is pleased to announce terms of the agreement with Northern and Western Insurance Company to development a product line of animal mortality insurance coverage with a concentration in high value show or blood stock animals such as livestock and exotics.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Kewanee


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.

Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(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.

Life insurance becoming more affordable (Telegraph-Forum)
The next time your party guests linger past your bedtime, ask them how they feel about life insurance. Watch that they don't trip over your cat as they sprint to the door.

Wall Street Breakfast (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) A wholesome summary


Wall Street Breakfast (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
A wholesome summary of this morning's key market- and stock-moving stories.

Book Review: Neil Gaiman Neverwhere (Blogcritics.org)
In North America we take pride in our cities that date back to our original days of settlement and think of them as old and historic. So it's a little bit of a blow to the ego when you discover that a city like London England has sewer systems that predate even our oldest European settlements. In other parts of the world cities older then our oldest have grown up on top of the ruins of even

Report on Executive Life Issued (Los Angeles Times)
Garamendi obtained more than $1 billion in awards and settlements for the seized insurer's customers, an audit says.

Reinsurance Group of America Reports Third-Quarter Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ST. LOUIS----Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated , a leading global provider of life reinsurance, reported net income for the third quarter of $74.0 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, compared to $67.6 million, or $1.06 per diluted share, in the prior-year quarter.

TIAA-CREF set to build life insurance business (BizJournals) TIAA-CREF, already


TIAA-CREF set to build life insurance business (BizJournals)
TIAA-CREF, already a giant in retirement savings for teachers and professors, wants to become a much bigger force in the life insurance and annuity business.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Evening Times)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

Life insurance cheaper and easier to buy (The News Journal)
Millions of Americans have no life insurance, and millions more don't have enough to provide financial security for their loved ones.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Wellsville 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.

Life Insurance Finance Association Conference Early Registration Deadline Approaching (Business


Life Insurance Finance Association Conference Early Registration Deadline Approaching (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----The growing interest in the life insurance premium-finance industry has driven an overwhelming amount of pre-event registrants to the first Life Insurance Finance Association conference on Nov. 29.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(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! (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(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!

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Wellsville 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.

Guilty plea expected from head of Lauderdale firm for $1


Guilty plea expected from head of Lauderdale firm for $1 billion fraud (Sun-Sentinel)
The former president of a Fort Lauderdale firm accused of cheating investors out of nearly $1 billion is set to plead guilty to securities fraud Monday, according to court files.

Life in Gaza steadily worsens (Boston Globe)
GAZA CITY -- A little more than a year after Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza Strip, nearly everything that was expected to improve for the 1.4 million Palestinians here has instead gotten worse.

Undersea models almost deep-dish meal (The Palm Beach Post)
Close calls for two of WPB underwater-nude photographer Todd Essick's models.

NDF worker hacked to death near Thalassery (Kaumundi Online)
An activist of Kerala-based Islamic outfit National Development Front (NDF) was hacked to death by unidentified persons near Thalassery, 21 km from here, police said.

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


Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Ridgecrest Daily Independent)
(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 (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(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.

Calif. nets $988B in life insurance suits (The Clarion-Ledger)
LOS ANGELES California's Department of Insurance has recovered roughly $988 million, after legal costs, for Executive Life policyholders and guaranty associations since taking over the failed insurance company in 1991, according to a state report released Thursday.

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Bastrop Daily Enterprise) (ARA)


Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Bastrop Daily Enterprise)
(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.

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.

Calif. nets $988B in life insurance suits (The Clarion-Ledger)
LOS ANGELES California's Department of Insurance has recovered roughly $988 million, after legal costs, for Executive Life policyholders and guaranty associations since taking over the failed insurance company in 1991, according to a state report released Thursday.

Report on Executive Life Issued (Los Angeles Times) Garamendi obtained


Report on Executive Life Issued (Los Angeles Times)
Garamendi obtained more than $1 billion in awards and settlements for the seized insurer's customers, an audit says.

b Nicaraguan Blog/b-Day Three (Stevens Point Journal)
We arrived in Granada tonight, and Im told its one of the oldest Spanish settlements in the New World. So far, the colonial city blows everything else Ive seen totally away. Weve only been here about three hours, but Im in love with the place. Its very safe, and a tourist town, but without the flocks of tourists. Its pretty laid back, from what I can tell, with a European feel to it. Theres

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.

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

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.

Calif. nets $988B in life insurance suits (The Clarion-Ledger)
LOS ANGELES California's Department of Insurance has recovered roughly $988 million, after legal costs, for Executive Life policyholders and guaranty associations since taking over the failed insurance company in 1991, according to a state report released Thursday.

First Pet Life Announces the Launch of Pet Insurance Program


First Pet Life Announces the Launch of Pet Insurance Program Offering (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
First Pet Life, Inc. announced today the launch of the First Pet Life Pet Insurance website.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Harrisburg Daily Register)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

Ken Lay's conviction tossed out by judge (CNN Money) A


Ken Lay's conviction tossed out by judge (CNN Money)
A Houston judge Tuesday vacated Enron founder Kenneth Lay's fraud and conspiring convictions from the company's 2001 collapse, citing Lay's inability to appeal, according to a court administrator.

Debate over a life's worth (NorthJersey.com)
TRENTON -- Victims of wrongful death are worth more than their paycheck, said advocates who want survivors to be compensated for their emotional suffering and personal loss.

Chesapeake Life Insurance Company Partners With Apptical for Telephone Interviews With Integrated Prescription Histories (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Apptical Corp., a leading provider of Tele-Underwriting solutions to the insurance industry, today announced it is now conducting Telephone Interviews/Telephone Applications with integrated prescription histories for The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company, a HealthMarkets(SM) Company. Prescription history information is seamlessly delivered to Apptical interviewers in real time during a live

Divorce case claims of violence, drugs and utterly bizarre (The Age)
Honeymoon days: The McCartneys in 2002. Photo: Reuters Paul McCartney has been accused of repeatedly assaulting his estranged wife Heather, in a series of bitter allegations marking the start of their acrimonious divorce proceedings.

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


Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Daily Clay County Advocate-Press)
(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!

Treasury will not change life insurance policies (Haaretz Daily)
The Supervisor of Insurance in the Finance Ministry, Yadin Antebi, has decided not to intervene in the structure of the life insurance component of policies known as "manager's insurance."

Life insurance for children is rarely wise buy (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Q. Regarding one of your recent columns advising against buying life insurance for children, I generally agree that most insurance companies and a large number of agents prey on the emotions of parents to buy insurance. They sell overpriced policies that are totally inappropriate for the situation. However, I believe that your column missed an important problem that most parents don t like to

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Evening Times) (ARA) -


Simplify Your Life ... Insurance Online (Evening Times)
(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.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Hope Star)
(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.

Former Texas Secretary of State Bomer Named President of Four Life Insurance Companies (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Former Texas Secretary of State Elton Bomer has been named President of four insurance companies: American Reserve Life Insurance Co., Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Co., Mid-Continent Preferred Life Insurance Co. and Winnfield Life Insurance Co.

First Pet Life Announces Plan for Launch of Pet Insurance Internet Program (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
First Pet Life, Inc. announced today the names of the new pet insurance plans designed to cover treatment for the health of dogs and cats.

Finter Bank Z rich: Incorporaci n de la filial FinterLife Life Insurance


Finter Bank Z rich: Incorporaci n de la filial FinterLife Life Insurance Limited en Vaduz (SYS-CON Media)
Finter Bank Z rich se complace al anunciar la incorporaci n de la filial FinterLife Life Insurance Ltd. en Vaduz a partir del 11 de agosto de 2006.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(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!

America's newest saint was nun who battled bishop (Chicago Sun-Times)


America's newest saint was nun who battled bishop (Chicago Sun-Times)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- An Indiana nun once banished from her congregation by a bishop will be proclaimed a saint today, providing a model of virtuous life to America's Roman Catholics -- even if they find themselves at odds with church leaders.

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Palliative Care Association Launched (AllAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone Palliative Care Association (SLPCA) has been formally launched in Freetown at the Shepherds Hospice, Allen Town on Friday 13th October 2006.

Swiss Re buys General Electric's British life insurance business (TODAYonline)


Swiss Re buys General Electric's British life insurance business (TODAYonline)
The main building of Swiss Re, the biggest re-insurance group in the world, in Zurich. Swiss Re announced that it had agreed to buy the British-based life insurance business of General Electric Company for 465 million pounds (694 million euros, 863 million euros).

Swiss Re to Buy GE's U.K. Life Insurance Operations (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's largest reinsurer, agreed to purchase the U.K. life insurance unit of General Electric Co. for 465 million pounds ($863 million), four months after buying GE's reinsurance operations.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Advocate 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.

Swiss Re to Buy GE's U.K. Life Insurance Operations (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's largest reinsurer, agreed to buy the U.K. life insurance unit of General Electric Co. for 465 million pounds ($863 million) in the second deal with GE in four months.

Swiss Re buys General Electric's British life insurance business (AFP


Swiss Re buys General Electric's British life insurance business (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Swiss Re announced that it had agreed to buy the British-based life insurance business of General Electric Company for 465 million pounds (694 million euros, 863 million euros).

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

Finter Bank Z rich: Incorporaci n de la filial FinterLife Life Insurance Limited en Vaduz (SYS-CON Media)
Finter Bank Z rich se complace al anunciar la incorporaci n de la filial FinterLife Life Insurance Ltd. en Vaduz a partir del 11 de agosto de 2006.

Indiana nun to be named saint (Tri-Valley Herald) TERRE HAUTE,


Indiana nun to be named saint (Tri-Valley Herald)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. An Indiana nun once banished from her congregation by a bishop will be proclaimed a saint on Sunday, providing a model of virtuous life to Americas Roman Catholics

Art of New Ireland: It's a life and death matter (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
This exhibition of the art of New Ireland -- a province of Papua New Guinea about 1,000 miles northeast of Australia -- is aesthetically stunning.

Ind. nun to be declared a saint (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
An Indiana nun once banished from her congregation by a bishop will be proclaimed a saint tomorrow, providing a model of virtuous life to America's Roman Catholics - even if they find themselves at odds with church leaders.

Swiss Re to Buy GE's U.K. Life Insurance Operations (Update1)


Swiss Re to Buy GE's U.K. Life Insurance Operations (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's largest reinsurer, agreed to purchase the U.K. life insurance unit of General Electric Co. for 465 million pounds ($863 million), four months after buying GE's reinsurance operations.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Herkimer Evening Telegram)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

Swiss Re buys General Electric's British life insurance business (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Swiss Re announced that it had agreed to buy the British-based life insurance business of General Electric Company for 465 million pounds (694 million euros, 863 million euros).

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.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Harrisburg Daily Register)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

Shanghai Telecom to Provide High-Bandwidth Services Powered by Nortel (SYS-CON


Shanghai Telecom to Provide High-Bandwidth Services Powered by Nortel (SYS-CON Media)
Shanghai Telecom will use new metro networking technology from Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) to provide high-bandwidth, business-critical voice, data and video applications to its customers in Shanghai, China's largest city and major economic center.

Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences (Mondaq)
In February 2006, local newspapers in the United Kingdom reported on disciplinary judgments made by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) against four pharmaceutical manufacturers.

The Good Soldier (New York Review of Books)
An article by Joseph Lelyveld from The New York Review of Books, November 2, 2006

Life insurance:Need or luxury? (The Daily News of Newburyport) Often


Life insurance:Need or luxury? (The Daily News of Newburyport)
Often our visceral reaction to insurance, especially life insurance, taints our ability to look objectively at the product and those who sell it. To many, life insurance is nothing more than a periodic premium for which they will never receive a tangible benefit.

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and EquiTrust Life Insurance Company (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OLDWICK, N.J.----A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A and the issuer credit rating of "a+" of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company . The outlook for both ratings is stable.

Applying for Life Insurance? Be Sure to Tell Them Everything! (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(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!

Life insurance:Need or luxury? (The Daily News of Newburyport) Often


Life insurance:Need or luxury? (The Daily News of Newburyport)
Often our visceral reaction to insurance, especially life insurance, taints our ability to look objectively at the product and those who sell it. To many, life insurance is nothing more than a periodic premium for which they will never receive a tangible benefit.

Nippon Life to Buy Asset-Backed Debt to Boost Returns (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Nippon Life Insurance Co., Japan's biggest life insurer, will increase holdings of asset-backed debt as much as 21 percent in the next six months, supporting a market where sales have doubled in the past three years.

Nippon Life to Buy Asset-Backed Debt to Boost Returns (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Nippon Life Insurance Co., Japan's biggest life insurer, will increase its holdings of asset-backed debt by as much as 21 percent in the next six months, supporting a market in which issuance has doubled in the past three years.

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!

'Amazing' weather helps Feast (Journal and Courier) It's as close


'Amazing' weather helps Feast (Journal and Courier)
It's as close as it comes to experiencing life like the French and British settlers at Fort Ouiatenon and their Native American neighbors across the river in the 1700s.

Welcome back, Mr. Wentworth (Richmond Register)
Structured settlements are a financial planning tool and a way for injured people to settle claims. Instead of receiving a lump sum, they can receive tax-free payments over time. They can even receive payments for the rest of their lives.

Community rallies around teachers (National Catholic Reporter)
One of the many things I love about Mexico is its different relationship to time. While we of the North hold stereotypes about habitual lateness and a lazy way of life, another dimension of this relationship rings true.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Daily


Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Daily Clay County Advocate-Press)
(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 (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.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

India life insurance reach seen doubling in 5 yrs (Yahoo!


India life insurance reach seen doubling in 5 yrs (Yahoo! India News)
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The reach of life insurance products in India is expected to match the level of more affluent Asian countries in the next 4-5 years, the chief of the country's insurance regulatory body said.

Book helps you navigate the insurance maze (Sun-Sentinel)
It's time for open enrollment. That means millions of workers will be evaluating their health, life and disability insurance options as part of their employee benefits package.

Rabbi leads defence of Palestinian olive groves (Times Online) The


Rabbi leads defence of Palestinian olive groves (Times Online)
The olives are stunted, the trees in poor condition. At the top of a ladder, stripping fruit from high branches, the Palestinian farmer Omar Karni is in his element, working his way up a dusty olive grove that has been in his family for generations.

We can't go home again (International Herald Tribune)
The Israeli authorities have decided that my life in the Palestinian territories has come to an end.

Plavix Sales To Soar Due To Faulty Heart Stents (Scoop.co.nz)
Recent studies have shown the new generation of drug-eluting heart stents to be associated with an increased risk of late stent thrombosis, cardiac mortality, myocardial infarction, and all cause mortality.

Choose insurance based on needs (The Columbus Dispatch) NEW YORK


Choose insurance based on needs (The Columbus Dispatch)
NEW YORK TV mob boss Tony Soprano of The Sopranos needs more life-insurance coverage than all-American dad Mike Brady of The Brady Bunch, at least according to a survey of 1,019 adult Americans conducted by KRC Research.

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 (Hornell


Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Hornell Evening 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.

A.M. Best Affirms Rating of CIGNA Life Insurance Company of Europe SA-N.V. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OLDWICK, N.J.----A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of "B++" and issuer credit rating of "bbb+" of CIGNA Life Insurance Company of Europe SA-N.V. . The rating outlook remains stable.

A respected doctor - and a suspicious Arab (Haaretz Daily)


A respected doctor - and a suspicious Arab (Haaretz Daily)
Dr. Aziz Darawshe's utopia is located in the basement of Haemek Hospital in Afula. For 17 years, he has worked alongside Jews to save the lives of Jews and Arabs. No one there examines his identity card. No one hints that his life here is conditional.

Life Pharmacy Hearing Growth (Scoop.co.nz)
Life Pharmacy Limited (NZX: LPL) today announced that it has signed a Heads of Agreement to purchase 51 percent of audiology businesses Hearing Holdings Limited and Securitenet International Limited, which it will expand and roll out into Life Pharmacy stores nationwide.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance


Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Southwest Daily News)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

Insurance study: Side airbags real life-savers (CNN.com)
Side-impact airbags, particularly those that protect occupants' heads, have a major live-saving effect, according to research released Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Insurance study: Side airbags real life-savers (CNN.com) Side-impact airbags, particularly


Insurance study: Side airbags real life-savers (CNN.com)
Side-impact airbags, particularly those that protect occupants' heads, have a major live-saving effect, according to research released Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Why You Can't Depend on Group Life Insurance (Daily Clay County Advocate-Press)
(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.

Thousands of cancer patients 'unfairly' denied life insurance (Daily Telegraph)
Thousands of people suffering from cancer are being denied insurance despite the fact that medical advances have increased survival rates dramatically.

Brasil Center Continues to Expand its Contact Centers with Nortel


Brasil Center Continues to Expand its Contact Centers with Nortel Solutions (SYS-CON Media)
Brasil Center, an Embratel Group company, has expanded the capabilities of its contact center services for customers in Rio de Janeiro with Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) call center solutions. The software and hardware upgrade will support the company's plans to grow its customer base and ensure quality customer service.

Nigeria: Is Onitsha Redeemable? (AllAfrica.com)
Onitsha used to be an admirable and sought-after city in Nigeria and indeed, in West Africa.

Story of Scotland in 22,000 ruins (The Herald)
THEY are memorials to a bygone era, yet people pass them every day without taking any notice. Now agencies have come together to launch a 740,000 campaign to pinpoint 22,000 ruined settlements, including hamlets and clachans not recorded until now.

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.'s Pershing Unit Adds


The Bank of New York Company, Inc.'s Pershing Unit Adds Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. to Subscribe(R) Annuity Platform (FinanzNachrichten)
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Company ( Nachrichten ), Inc., has begun providing its introducing broker-dealer customers with access to Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.'s annuity products.

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.

Three major Chinese insurers take 80 percent of life insurance premiums (People's Daily)
Three major Chinese insurers racked up nearly 80 percent of China's life insurance premiums from January to August, said the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC).

John Hancock Life Insurance Company Introduces Ground-Breaking Long Term Care


John Hancock Life Insurance Company Introduces Ground-Breaking Long Term Care Insurance (LTCI) Policy with (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
John Hancock Life Insurance company today introduced a new LTCI policy with industry-first benefits geared to the needs and budgets of Baby Boomers. Called Leading Edge, the product offers new features that significantly reduce both the expense and complexity of buying LTCI.

Five Life Insurance Companies Renew Membership in IMSA, Ethics Standards-Setting Organization (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Five prominent life insurance companies have qualified to renew their membership in the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association, the premier standards-setting organization for the life insurance marketplace.

Life insurance Without an Exam Not a Good Idea (Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch)
(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.

Banking and Financial (Mondaq) NASD issued a Notice to Members


Banking and Financial (Mondaq)
NASD issued a Notice to Members 1 ("NTM 06-38") reminding firms and associated persons that life settlements involving variable insurance policies are securities transactions subject to NASD rules.

Africa: Afro-Cities Threatened (AllAfrica.com)
The rapid rural-urban migration and the transformation of human settlements into urban centres is a phenomenon that cannot be stopped.

Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader) (ARA) -


Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(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.

HCC Insurance Closes Buy of Allianz Unit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. said Monday that it has closed its $140 million purchase of the health insurance unit of Allianz Life Insurance Co.

Risky business not related to life insurance policy (The Santa


Risky business not related to life insurance policy (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
NEW YORK - TV mob boss Tony Soprano of "The Sopranos" needs more life insurance coverage than all-American dad Mike Brady of "The Brady Bunch" - at least according to a survey of 1,019 adult Americans conducted by the KRC Research firm.

Money tip: Think before you act on life insurance (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
NEW YORK -- Losing a child is an unthinkable tragedy, and many insurance companies offer life insurance policies for children. But before you follow your heart and buy that policy, think about it with your head.

Smokers Can Afford Life Insurance (Southwest Daily 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.

All American Insurance Where Insurance and Integrity Co-Exist A group


All American Insurance Where Insurance and Integrity Co-Exist A group of friendly (Kilgore News Herald)
All American Insurance Where Insurance and Integrity Co-Exist A group of friendly women who have proven we can bring home the bacon and fry it up in the pan. Home Commercial Auto Health Life 3401 Stone Road Kilgore, TX 903-984-6606 We have an excellent competitive market!

Elderly duped on contracts / Home reform firm surreptitiously tied clients to life insurance (Daily Yomiuri Online)
A home improvement company charged elderly customers for additional life insurance--without their knowledge--when they signed up for its services in order to cover outstanding payments if they should die, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

Why Now is a Good Time to Consider Life Insurance (Hornell Evening Tribune)
(ARA) - Life insurance isn't a topic that is usually brought up at dinner time. No one likes to think about their death or the death of a family member. And no one thinks it could happen to them, but the reality is it could!

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