Life Insurance

Study: Health Insurance Companies Invest Billions In Tobacco
ToTheCenter.com, NY

Health and life insurance companies from three countries invest billions of dollars in tobacco companies for profit, reported a new study, according to Agence France-Presse. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study on Wednesday that …
Insurance companies invest in tobacco Creative Loafing
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Life Settlement Sales May Be Taxed as Capital Gains, IRS Rules
Bloomberg

By Rick Levinson June 4 (Bloomberg) — Seniors who sell their life insurance policies in the life settlement market may be able to treat a portion of the proceeds as capital gains rather than ordinary income, according to an Internal Revenue Service …
Life Partners Predicts Strong First Quarter Business Wire (press release)
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China LIfe Insurance (LFC) PriceWatch Alert Shows Bullish Technicals
Market Intelligence Center, VA

China LIfe Insurance (NYSE: LFC) closed yesterday at $56.85. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $33.45 and 52-week high of $60.00. China LIfe Insurance stock has been showing support around 55.04 and resistance in the 58.80 range. …
ABC Becomes China's Biggest Insurance Assets Trustee Bank Trading Markets (press release)
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John Hancock Rolls Out New Life Insurance Policy
Insurance Business Review

By Staff Reporter John Hancock Life Insurance has launched a new Performance UL product-a current assumption universal life insurance product. ROOM Solutions is a provider of global software an … The product features low-cost permanent death benefit …
John Hancock Launches Current Assumption Universal Life Policy PR Newswire (press release)
John Hancock Launches Current Assumption Universal Life Policy Stockhouse
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How Much Do Life Insurers Profit From Tobacco?
TIME

03, 2009 In an era of corporate wellness programs and socially screened investment funds, some of the world's largest life insurance companies still own billions of dollars in tobacco industry stocks, Harvard physicians assert in a new report. …
Insurance Companies Hold Billions in Tobacco Stocks Single Payer Action
Insurance-Industry Investments in Tobacco New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
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