Sri Lanka: Insurance salesman shot dead in Trincomalee (TamilNet)
Unidentified armed persons shot dead a Tamil person employed by Trincomalee branch of a private sector life insurance company in Trincomalee town Sunday night around 7.50 p.m., police sources in Trincomalee said. The company is headquartered in Colombo.

New York Life Insurance appoints key executive (Insurance Business Review)
New York Life Insurance Company has hired Jon Stenberg as a new senior vice president in its individual life department, reporting to Scott Berlin, senior vice president in charge of the department.