New rules limit insurance sales on bases (The Wichita Eagle)
Annuity and life insurance salesmen can't solicit soldiers who are on duty or attending compulsory meetings on their bases, under new state rules. The rules took effect Thursday, immediately after their approval by a state board that reviews administrative regulations. They supplement federal and state laws designed to prevent salesmen from cheating military personnel, and they also spell out ...

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Sony Life Insurance Company Ltd. (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of "aa-" of Sony Life Insurance Company Ltd. (Sony Life) (Japan). The outlook for both ratings is stable.

Doing Battle With the Insurance Company in a Fight to Stay Alive (New York Times)
A glorious blend of forces came together to save Gordon Hendrickson?s life; only his insurance company tried to stand in the way.

North Coast Life Insurance Company Announces 2nd Quarter Financial Results and Preferred Stock Dividend (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SPOKANE, Wash.----North Coast Life Insurance Company's Board of Directors, at its regular quarterly meeting held July 27, 2007, declared the September 30, 2007 preferred stock dividend payment on its Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.