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One email a week: the four life insurance and annuity stories that mattered, rating and deal moves, one guide and one number.
- Four stories that mattered to policyholders, not forty
- Rating changes, mergers and closings at the big insurers
- One guide worth reading that week
- One number worth knowing
- Every story linked to its source
- No sales pitches; sponsors, if there are ever any, always labelled
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Past issues
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- Week of 19 October 2026 — Prudential term life comes to SoFi and Allianz faces a $35 million care suitOctober 24, 2026
- SoFi sells Prudential term life in its app, a widow sues Allianz Life over a denied care claim, Globe Life trims guidance, a bitcoin-linked annuity launches.
- Week of 12 October 2026 — a 3.6% Social Security raise and Virginia halts Atlantic Coast LifeOctober 24, 2026
- Social Security sets a 3.6% COLA for 2027, Virginia halts new Atlantic Coast Life sales, TruStage claims stall after a cyberattack, Fidelity Life is upgraded.
- Week of 5 October 2026 — J.D. Power's 2026 ranking and a new Delaware Life annuity lawsuitOctober 24, 2026
- Nationwide tops J.D. Power's 2026 life study as trust slips, buyers sue Delaware Life, Aegon votes to become Transamerica, Japan halts Prudential sales.