Tag: life insurance

Man pleads guilty to murder in life insurance fraud case

Julie Campbell
Serious Life Insurance Fraud

The individual has admitted to helping a friend kill his wife in order to claim the policy’s benefits. A DNA match in evidence from a murder case has led a man to plead guilty to having helped his friend to kill his wife so that benefits could be claimed on the life insurance policy that had been taken out for her. Initially, Dellendo Campbell had thought that he was not going to be caught for his involvement in the murder. The reason that Campbell believed that he wouldn’t be caught…

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Tasteless insurance marketing ad uses MH17 crash to sell life policies

Julie Campbell
Life Insurance campaign

An Australian firm has now apologized for its advertising tactic after heavy criticisms. After receiving heavy criticism from Australians and people from other countries around the world, a life insurer has now apologized for having run an insurance marketing ad that described the tragedy of the MH17 crash as “a sign to consider life insurance”. That said, the company has blamed the actions of an overseas marketer for the creation of the advertisement. The Malaysian Airlines MH17 crash has been a terrible tragedy unto itself while also following quite closely…

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Life insurance fraud in Georgia ends in the death of a toddler in a hot car

Julie Campbell
life insurance scam criminal crime

The father responsible for leaving the child in the overheated vehicle allegedly had a plan to collect. New information has now been revealed about the Georgia man, Justin Ross Harris, who has been charged with the murder of his toddler son by leaving him locked inside a hot car all day, as it has been discovered that the man had provided family members with instructions regarding the collection of two life insurance policies that had been taken out on the child. The documents with this additional information on the case…

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Insurance marketing campaign uses Metro’s “Dumb Ways to Die” characters

Julie Campbell
Dumb ways to die empire life insurance marketing campaign

New ads are being produced for Empire Life using the viral characters that it has licensed. While initial reports that Empire Life, a Canadian insurer, had licensed the “Dumb Ways to Die” characters from Metro Trains in Australia, left people feeling rather confused, now that the company’s insurance marketing campaign has launched, its intentions have become considerably clearer. The original song and video quickly became a viral hit and managed to win awards along the way. In fact, it brought home five Grand Prix awards from the Cannes International Festival…

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Life insurance proposal for teachers disliked by regulators

H. Cutner
insurance benefits teacher

The officials in Florida have spoken out against the plan, voiding “significant doubts”. Regulators of life insurance in Florida have now stated that they have “significant doubts” regarding an unconventional proposal that has been made by a consulting firm for providing teachers in the state with coverage that would be paid for by investors. The offer had been being considered by the Pasco County School District. The decision of that school district had been waiting on the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s opinion on the matter, back in May. Now…

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