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Genetic testing practices to change among life insurance companies

January 12, 2017January 11, 2017 Marc

Insurers in Canada have stated that consumers will no longer be required to disclose their data when buying coverage. New genetic testing practices are on their way to life insurance companies in Canada. Canadians applying for new coverage had previously been required to disclose the results of any DNA tests they’d had. That regulation for consumers will be changing as of 2018 when buying policies for under $250,000. The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) stated that the change will apply to most individual policies sold to consumers every…

Prudential insurance policy sales to cease through Wells Fargo

December 14, 2016December 12, 2016 Nordstrom

Following the recent account sales scandal at the latter firm a few months ago, product sales are being suspended. Prudential Financial announced this week that the Prudential insurance policy sales by Wells Fargo & Co are suspended. This insurance news follows closely on the heels of the San Francisco bank’s sales practices scandal this fall. Wells Fargo is continuing its management of the fraud scandal backlash from a few months ago. The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office worked with federal regulators in announcing that Wells Fargo was caught using fraudulent…

Allstate recognizes Life Insurance Awareness Month with reminder to consumers

September 22, 2016September 21, 2016 Marc

The insurance company has used September to underscore the financial security benefits of the coverage. September is Life Insurance Awareness Month and Allstate has recognized it by spreading the word. The insurer has been sharing information about the ways in which this type of policy can boost a family’s financial security. There are two primary ways upon which Allstate has been focusing to take advantage of life insurance benefits. The first is the central component of Life Insurance Awareness Month: buying a policy. That said, it recommends purchasing a policy…

China launches new life insurance products regulations

September 9, 2016September 7, 2016 Nordstrom

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The country’s official regulator has established new rules to slow the growth of short- and mid-term products. Short- and mid-term life insurance products are now subject to new rules in China. These were shared on an official website notice from the Chinese industry regulator, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). CIRC has been working to be able to reduce the risk associated with the investment into these products. The CIRC’s concern is that if investments are made into stocks and long term assets using funds based on short-term life insurance,…

Insurance fraud plot led Vietnam woman to cut off her limbs

August 30, 2016August 26, 2016 Julie Campbell

The woman has admitted to paying for an amputation to be able to make a claim on a policy. A Vietnamese woman has now admitted to a gruesome form of insurance fraud. In order to obtain a payout on a policy she held, police say she claimed to have been hit by a train. In truth, she had paid to have her foot and part of her arm cut off. The woman was thirty years old at the time and pretended to have been struck by a passing train. Ly…

Terrorist’s life insurance policy can be seized by US government

August 15, 2016August 12, 2016 Nordstrom

A federal judge has ruled that the payments on the policy of the San Bernardino killer can be taken by the government. A federal judge ruling says the U.S. government can seize the life insurance policy of Syed Rizwan Farook. Farook was one of the extremist terrorists involved in the murders in San Bernardino last year. The murderer purchased life insurance coverage near the time he was planning the terrorist attacks. He and a friend, Enrique Marquez – an extremist Muslim convert – planned terrorist attacks together. He started with…

Life insurance companies must try harder to locate beneficiaries

July 20, 2016July 18, 2016 Marc

States say insurers should be making a greater effort to find heirs to ensure payments are being made. Life insurance companies have paid beneficiaries billions of dollars in unclaimed policy payouts. That said, if many states are successful, it could mean that even more beneficiaries will be receiving funds. Certain state actions aim to force insurance providers to make a greater effort to locate heirs. Almost two dozen states have passed laws pushing life insurance companies to look for policy beneficiaries. Among them, Illinois has become the most recent state…