Archive for February, 1998

Firm facing up to insurance costs Centennial Life getting help from state in resolving suits.

Centennial Life Insurance Co., which was placed under heightened supervision by the Kansas Insurance Department last week, hunts for health insurance customers that others overlook. Despite its name, the Lenexa-based company specializes in selling health insurance to individuals and small businesses.It portrays itself as an alternative to larger managed-care companies, but it has been hurt […]

MANUFACTURERS LIFE PICKS MERRILL LYNCH FOR STOCK DEAL

Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. has chosen financial advisers - two from the U.S. and one from Canada - to help it convert into a publicly traded stock company.Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Scotia Capital Markets were picked because of ”the international experience and global coverage we need,” Donald Guloien, senior vice-president, said last […]