AXA Advisors is accused in a proposed class-action suit filed in New York of overworking thousands of employees without proper compensation.

The president and chief executive officer of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey received a 59% pay hike from 2008 to 2009, taking home $8.7 million last year.

Agents selling personal lines insurance factor in the frequency of the insurer’s key contact, their compensation and the marketing money they receive from a carrier in deciding where to place business.

Two executives of an Iowa life insurance company will pay a combined $1 million in penalties as part of civil settlements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding misleading proxy disclosures to investors.