The National Federation of Independent Business Aug. 19 began offering a revamped term life insurance program to its small-business members. “The NFIB is the second-largest lobbyist organization in the country, second only to the National Rifle Association, and they’ve used that influence to lobby insurance providers and bring down rates for its members,” said Todd […]
ABN Amro North America Inc. has expanded its distribution agreement with third-party marketer Essex Corp. to include life insurance — a hard sell for bankers but one that has shown growth in a product that Essex plans to distribute through ABN.The agreement, through ABN’s broker-dealer subsidiary, ABN Amro Financial Services Inc., calls for Essex to […]
Aug. 20 The Thai Life Insurance Group (TLG) is joining forces with the French insurer Cardif to buy CGU Life Assurance (Thai) Co in order to build up a bancassurance business. The final value of the deal was not announced. But the two new partners will inject 500 million baht in new capital to raise […]
One hundred and two calls came by noon. One hundred and two North Carolina residents phoning in because they were confused, or curious, or angry or sad about health or life insurance.The first caller that day was a woman who said she is pregnant and her husband wants to quit his job. She wanted to […]