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From the Wall Street Journal:
"Policyholders are filing suit, as big U.S. life insurers blame the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates lower for longer"
Dated Sept 1st, 2016
"Americans are starting to fight back against a wave of insurance-price increases on decades-old life policies.
Over the past year, several major insurers have notified tens of thousands of people of higher costs to keep their policies in force, with increases ranging from midsingle-digit percentages to more than 200%, according to financial advisers. To justify the increases, they blamed the impact on their investments from the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates lower for longer.
At least a half-dozen lawsuits have been filed in federal courts against insurers including Aegon NV’s Transamerica unit and Legal & General Group PLC’s Banner Life."
You can read the full WSJ article here.
"Policyholders are filing suit, as big U.S. life insurers blame the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates lower for longer"
Dated Sept 1st, 2016
"Americans are starting to fight back against a wave of insurance-price increases on decades-old life policies.
Over the past year, several major insurers have notified tens of thousands of people of higher costs to keep their policies in force, with increases ranging from midsingle-digit percentages to more than 200%, according to financial advisers. To justify the increases, they blamed the impact on their investments from the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates lower for longer.
At least a half-dozen lawsuits have been filed in federal courts against insurers including Aegon NV’s Transamerica unit and Legal & General Group PLC’s Banner Life."
You can read the full WSJ article here.