A total of 19 states and Washington, D.C., reached an agreement with The Prudential Group, one of the largest life insurance companies in the U.S., in a case involving its unclaimed property practices.

A nine-months pregnant woman filed suit against Nebraska Aug. 26, alleging that her unborn baby qualifies for Medicaid benefits, even though she is ineligible as an undocumented immigrant.

A federal appeals court in Atlanta, where 26 states will argue against the U.S. Government, is the next stop in the ongoing legal battle over federal health reform.

Long-term care insurance agencies in Columbia, Md., and Rockaway, N.J., were among five recently recognized for showing the greatest growth in sales last year.

The recent judicial trend seems to be that the signature legislation of President Obama and congressional Democrats is that their effort to seize one-fifth of the U.S. economy from the private sector and empower the federal government to dictate that Americans purchase health insurance violates what our nation’s founders deemed, “The Supreme Law of the Land.”

Six more states have joined the multi-state challenge, asking a federal judge in Florida to deem the health reform law passed last year unconstitutional.

Ax Life Insurance plans to establish locations in the Midwest in the next six to eight months to answer the demand for life insurance.

An owner of an Omaha, Neb.-based financial planning company was sentenced to five years in federal prison for security fraud and ordered to pay $6.8 million in restitution.

Sun Life Financial said its Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada is selling its life reinsurance business to Berkshire Hathaway Life Co. of Nebraska.

Markel Corp. is acquiring Aspen Holdings, a privately held insurance group that provides workers’ compensation insurance, for about $135 million.