China Life says Q1 net profit falls 61 percent (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
HONG KONG, April 27 - China's top life insurer, China Life Insurance Co , on Sunday reported a 61 percent fall in first-quarter profits, according Chinese accounting standards, fuelled by poor investment performance.

Big losses in retirement life insurance policies (Haaretz Daily)
The first quarter of 2008 was bad news for those saving for their retirement with insurance policies. These whole life policies, known in Israel as "executive insurance policies" (Bituach Menahlim), showed an average negative return of 5.4% for the first three months of the year.

Low Cost Life Insurance? It's Online (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Unless you're a carefree, 20-something single with no debt and no property, chances are you've at least thought about buying life insurance.