Category: News
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Nearly $17 Billion in Lost Life Insurance Found: How to Search for a Loved One’s Policy
A free tool from state insurance regulators has now matched families with nearly $17 billion in lost life insurance and annuity benefits. Here’s how to use it.
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Life Insurance Sales Keep Growing in 2026: What the Numbers Show
More Americans are buying life insurance policies this year. LIMRA’s latest sales data shows where the market is heading and what it means for coverage shoppers.
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Corebridge and Equitable Are Merging: What It Means for Policyholders
Two of the biggest names in life insurance and retirement are combining. Here’s what Corebridge and Equitable policyholders should (and shouldn’t) worry about.
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New for 2026: The Federal Estate Tax Exemption Is Now $15 Million
A new federal law raised the estate tax exemption to $15 million per person starting January 1, 2026. Here’s what that means for life insurance and Bay Area families.
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Why Long-Term Care Insurance Cost Insurers Billions
GE took a $6.2 billion charge and set aside $15 billion for old long-term care policies, a year after LTC insurer Penn Treaty was liquidated. Here’s what went wrong.
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When California’s Biggest Life Insurer Failed: The Executive Life Collapse
In 1991, California regulators seized Executive Life, once the state’s largest life insurer, after its junk-bond bets collapsed. Policyholders lost an estimated $4 billion.
