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wsj.com - Kimberly Lankford - Life Insurance Riders: Customizing Your Policy for Extra Protection
Life Insurance Riders: Customizing Your Policy for Extra Protection
Wall Street Journal

Adding life insurance riders can help you customize your coverage. Common life insurance riders include those that let you access your death benefit early or waive your premiums in certain situations. Rider details and costs can vary significantly…

aol.com - Cassidy Horton - What happens if you outlive your term life insurance policy? 4 key paths
What happens if you outlive your term life insurance policy? 4 key paths
AOL.com

If your term life insurance policy is ending and you're still alive to see it, congratulations! You're in the 97% — that's the percentage of term policies that never pay out a death benefit, according to industry data. That's actually good…

koreaherald.com - Choi Ji-won - AI becomes succession test for Korea's life insurance heirs
AI becomes succession test for Korea's life insurance heirs
The Korea Herald

Hanwha, Kyobo elevate AI, digital strategy as third-generation leaders step forward Major life insurers in Korea are accelerating the handover of management to third-generation leaders, with Hanwha Life Insurance and Kyobo Life, the country's…

rediff.com - Aathira Varier - Lack of legacy distribution network a challenge for foreign cos
Lack of legacy distribution network a challenge for foreign cos
Rediff.com

The Union Cabinet's decision to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector to 100 per cent is unlikely to significantly boost foreign investment as distribution remains a critical factor, requiring overseas players to…

taipeitimes.com - 台北時報 - EDITORIAL: What is ahead for the AI industry
EDITORIAL: What is ahead for the AI industry
Taipei Times

Benefiting from the continued rise in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technology applications, Taiwan's tech-driven exports rose significantly, and private investment further increased this year, prompting the central…

seekingalpha.com - Liz Kiesche - MetLife expects $430M of stock buybacks in Q4, $2.85B for full year (MET:NYSE)
MetLife expects $430M of stock buybacks in Q4, $2.85B for full year (MET:NYSE)
Seeking Alpha

Follow us on Google for the latest stock news MetLife (MET) said on Monday it expects its Q4 stock buybacks to amount to $430M, bringing its repurchases for the full year to $2.85B. It expects a similar level of stock repurchases in 2026. The life…

timesleader.com - West Side Regional Police Dept. recruiting experienced officers
West Side Regional Police Dept. recruiting experienced officers
Times Leader

LARKSVILLE — The newly established West Side Regional Police Department announced that it is accepting applications for lateral transfers and new officers. According to a news release, Act 120 Certified police officers in good standing with…

aol.com - Michael Kurko - From 'buy, borrow, die' to backdoor Roths: 9 tax tricks the wealthy use legally
From 'buy, borrow, die' to backdoor Roths: 9 tax tricks the wealthy use legally
AOL.com

Admit it: Every time you read about the wealthy “avoiding taxes,” you assume something shady must be going on. Offshore accounts, secret shell companies or some “creative accounting” that borders on fraud. The truth is…

fortune.com - Geoff Green - Your mortgage likely cost $11,500 to originate-and reams of paperwork. How Salesforce Agentforce is helping improve the process
Your mortgage likely cost $11,500 to originate-and reams of paperwork. How Salesforce Agentforce is helping improve the process
Fortune

The Fed lowered interest rates recently for a third consecutive time and the second time in two months. The move signaled easing financial conditions that are likely to trigger a surge in the demand for mortgages across the country —…

nytimes.com - Siobhan Roberts - Puzzle Designers Search for That 'Satisfying Click'
Puzzle Designers Search for That 'Satisfying Click'
The New York Times

Friction is a force that opposes the motion of one object relative to another — and it's always an important consideration for Junichi Yananose, a Japanese Australian puzzlemaker. The plan for a new puzzle might work perfectly within the…

upi.com - Slayer rule' likely to play a role in Rob Reiner's family inheritance
Slayer rule' likely to play a role in Rob Reiner's family inheritance
UPI

The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is also increasing the public's interest in what…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - Steering intelligence: Building governance foundations for the agentic AI age
Steering intelligence: Building governance foundations for the agentic AI age
The Hindu

The rapid rise of agentic AI systems is reshaping expectations around accountability, risk management and governance across India's financial sector. As autonomous systems begin to take on more complex decision-making roles, the industry is being…

independent.co.uk - Naomi Cahn - What's the 'slayer rule' and how it may apply to who will inherit the Reiners' wealth
What's the 'slayer rule' and how it may apply to who will inherit the Reiners' wealth
The Independent

The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is also increasing the public's interest in what…

koreaherald.com - Yonhap - Seoul stocks open higher on US gains
Seoul stocks open higher on US gains
The Korea Herald

South Korean stocks opened higher Tuesday, tracking a lift in Wall Street led by a rebound in tech shares. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 19.53 points, or 0.48 percent, to 4,125.46 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

marketbeat.com - Zurich Insurance Group (OTCMKTS:ZURVY) Sets New 12-Month High - Still a Buy?
Zurich Insurance Group (OTCMKTS:ZURVY) Sets New 12-Month High - Still a Buy?
MarketBeat

Shares of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. (OTCMKTS:ZURVY - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Monday. The company traded as high as $37.76 and last traded at $37.48, with a volume of 1047 shares traded. The stock had…

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