Manulife rolls life, critical illness and disability insurance into one package
The launch of Waterloo, Ont.-based Manulife Financial Corp. s Synergy product means advisors will no longer need to recommend three separate policies to cover a client s critical illness, disability and life insurance needs.

In Your 50s? Don't Risk Life Insurance Lack
HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TheStreet) -- How do you know if you need life insurance in your 50s? And if so, how much? For starters, is anyone reliant on you for their financial well-being? A spouse? Minor children? Life insurance does not pin a numerical value on your life; it helps compensate for the financial loss accompanying your death. Therefore, if no one is reliant on you for their financial well ...

Hide and Seek: Why There's No National Database of Life Insurance Policies
For those who fiercely guard their privacy, it's amazing how much people can learn about you after you've died. They can find out your Social Security number, birth date and last known address, just to name a few facts.

GM retirees sue MetLife Insurance
A group of General Motors salaried retirees today filed suit in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, alleging that Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. breached its contract with them when their life insurance coverage was reduced to $10,000 from substantially higher guaranteed amounts.