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A.M. Best Places Ratings of Equitable Life & Casualty Insurance Company Under Review With Developing Implications :
Date: May 20, 2013

A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Household Life Insurance Company and Its Affiliates:
Date: May 17, 2013

A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Gulf Guaranty Life Insurance Company:
Date: May 15, 2013

A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Versant Life Insurance Company:
Date: May 15, 2013

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Subsidiaries:
Date: May 15, 2013

A.M. Best Assigns Debt Rating to New Junior Subordinated Notes of ING U.S., Inc.:
Date: May 14, 2013

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Investors Heritage Life Insurance Company and Investors Heritage Capital Corporation:
Date: May 9, 2013

A.M. Best Upgrades the Issuer Credit Rating of Trans-Oceanic Life Insurance Company:
Date: May 9, 2013

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Prudential Financial Inc. and Its Subsidiaries:
Date: May 9, 2013

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NY Superintendent: MetLife Moving Offshore Captive Back to United States 'A Step in the Right Direction':
Date: May 21, 2013

National Financial Partners Names Former Dewey & LeBoeuf Attorney as New CEO:
Date: May 21, 2013

Tokio Marine Post Dramatic Surge In 2012 Net Income:
Date: May 21, 2013

Crump Life Forms New Brokerage Partnership With MetLife:
Date: May 20, 2013

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The Need for Speed:
Date: May 1, 2013

A New Investment Frontier:
Date: May 1, 2013

Choices Multiply For VA Clients:
Date: May 1, 2013

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Special Report: Latin America – Market Review. Latin America Insurance Regulators Evolve with Growing, Changing Markets:
Date: May 20, 2013

Special Report: United Arab Emirates – Market Review. UAE Maintains Insurance Market Hub Status, Despite Economic Slowdown:
Date: May 6, 2013

Briefing: South Africa Non-Life & Life – Delay of South Africa’s Solvency Regime Anticipated, but Change Still Fundamental:
Date: April 22, 2013

Special Report: Saudi Arabia – Market Review. Insurers’ Profitability Under Pressure as Saudi Arabia’s Growth Slows:
Date: April 17, 2013

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