Underwriting, Health and Rates

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (254+ words) Banks have long borne the brunt of regulatory scrutiny over anti-money laundering (AML) controls, but life insurers handling large premiums are increasingly attracting the attention of criminals and watchdogs alike. In South Africa, the sector’s perceived complacency is fast becoming…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (423+ words) The gap between the transformation ambitions UK insurers and brokers are describing in boardrooms and the data infrastructure those ambitions are built on is, for many firms, the central unacknowledged problem in their technology strategy. That framing matters. Integrity, he…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (350+ words) stock price, news, quote and history Yahoo Finance UK MetLife, Inc. Overview Insurance - Life / Financial Services MetLife, Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide. It operates in six segments: Group Benefits; Retirement…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (291+ words) 5th October 2026 - Author: Taylor Mixides - Prismic Life Holding Company, LP, a reinsurance company providing capital and risk management solutions to insurers, has reached an agreement with Prudential Financial, Inc., covering a portfolio of Japanese whole life insurance business. As part of…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (186+ words) On October 05, 2026, Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE: PRU) announced a reinsurance agreement with Prismic Life covering approximately $5 billion in reserves related to USD-denominated whole life insurance policies issued by its Japanese branches. The GF Score™ is a composite metric that evaluates…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (75+ words) businessinsurance.com Commercial premiums to decline further, Taylor Fry Average written premiums in Australia could fall 11% for commercial property, 9% for public liability and 5% for professional indemnity and directors and officers insurance in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, according to Australia-based…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (290+ words) Int’l Desk: Japan’s insurance market is set for slower expansion than much of the rest of Asia over the coming decade, with its slice of global premiums expected to shrink as faster-growing economies pull ahead, according to research from Allianz....

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (113+ words) Financial authorities in Japan are considering action against Prudential Life Insurance over a massive money scandal. Sources say the firm may be hit with a sales suspension. The Financial Services Agency inspected the firm's offices after it was revealed earlier…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (327+ words) Japan's Financial Services Agency is considering issuing a partial business suspension order against foreign-affiliated Prudential Life Insurance under the Insurance Business Act, it was learned on the 2nd. Numerous cases have been confirmed of sales staff improperly receiving money from customers,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (648+ words) Japan's Financial Services Agency has entered final coordination to issue a partial business suspension order against Prudential Life Insurance under the Insurance Business Act. The plan calls for halting new contracts and sales/solicitation activities for more than three months,…...