Life & Health

Centene taps a mortgage-industry AI veteran to help fix a shrinking Medicaid book

Centene taps a mortgage-industry AI veteran to help fix a shrinking Medicaid book

Bradley Bolivar spent nearly three decades outside healthcare

Josh Recamara Aug 31, 2026
Sun Life and Wilton Re form reinsurer to scale block acquisitions

Sun Life and Wilton Re form reinsurer to scale block acquisitions

Sun Life and Wilton Re are combining expertise with institutional asset management capacity in a structure designed to acquire blocks at scale. The $10 billion target tells you how serious both parties are

Transamerica grew individual life sales 54% in H1 - and it is just getting started

Transamerica grew individual life sales 54% in H1 - and it is just getting started

100,000 agents, a record instant-decision market, and a company relocating its headquarters to New York: the direction of travel is clear

Why global insurers are rebuilding their life insurance books

Why global insurers are rebuilding their life insurance books

Composite insurers are rebuilding the life books their rivals spent years dismantling

Westaim posts $81.5 million Q2 loss as Ceres Life scales toward profitability

Westaim posts $81.5 million Q2 loss as Ceres Life scales toward profitability

Westaim says its AI-native annuity platform can automate 85% of operations, a claim its own numbers will soon be tested against

ManhattanLife secures rare second charter in New York

ManhattanLife secures rare second charter in New York

A much bigger rival chased the same kind of licence - and that says something about how scarce this capacity is

Heffernan Life Division partners with Lion Street for high-net-worth planning

Heffernan Life Division partners with Lion Street for high-net-worth planning

How mid-sized brokerages are competing for a fast-growing HNW client base without building specialist teams from scratch

Private credit now dominates life insurer bonds as NAIC rewrites the rulebook

Private credit now dominates life insurer bonds as NAIC rewrites the rulebook

Nearly half of all life industry bonds are privately placed, prompting the NAIC to overhaul how it classifies and discloses insurer investment risk

Lincoln Financial CFO exits amid string of senior leadership changes

Lincoln Financial CFO exits amid string of senior leadership changes

Chris Neczypor's departure is the latest senior departures as the carrier presses ahead with its multi-year transformation

IB TALK

Hidden risks in green energy: Insurance gaps in solar, batteries, and beyond

Renewables may be cleaner, but their end-of-life risks are creating new liabilities and coverage gaps.

How brokers can ride the next wave of MGA growth

Agility, tech, and niche expertise will be differentiators, says TMPAA head

Beyond insurance: Rethinking risk for high net worth families

In 2026, protection for affluent families is less about buying more coverage and more about building resilience

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