Newspapers – 1990s

  • 1991 0511 – NYT – California Curbs First Capital Life – [link]
  • 1991 0716 – Los Angeles Times – Mutual Benefit Insurance Fails After Run on Assets : Economy: It is the largest such collapse in U.S. The New Jersey company cites bad real estate investments. – [link]
  • 1991 0716 – The Index-Journal (Greenwood, South Carolina) – Customers Try To Cash In After Insurance Takeover (Mutual Benefit) – <WishList>
  • 1992 0126 – Chicago Tribune – Liquidation Comes for Lavish Insurer, by Laurie Cohen, (InterAmerican Insurance Co. of Illinois)  —  [link]
  • 1992 0807 – The Telegraph? – Uncovering Truth in Life Insurance – by Jane Bryant Quinn
    • [BonkNote: Can’t find a link, originally found on GoogleNews – WishList]
  • 1993 0124 – The Washington Post – States Need to Reform Insurance Guaranty Funds, Jane Bryant Quinn – [link]
    • To reduce the lottery element of settlements, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) has proposed a single, interstate guaranty fund.
  • 1993 0910 – Los Angeles Times – Regulators Blast Insurers, Call for Reform: Consumers: A task force criticizes economic assumptions and marketing tactics used to sell life policies., by Thomas S. Mulligan – [link]
  • 1994 0212 – The Baltimore Sun – Life insurance industry will not police itself, by Jane Bryant Quinn – [link]
    • MetLife, Retirement Plans, 65,000, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Peter Katt
  • 1994 0313 – The Washington Post – Do Life Insurers Foul the Sales Pitch?, By Albert B. Crenshaw – [link]
    • Belth, Hunt, MetLife (LIRP), Regulators
  • 1994 1023 – Hartford Courant Newspaper – Life Insurers Move to Improve Image Amid Public Skepticism – [link]
  • 1994 0613 – The Daily Courier – Illustrations used to show policy projections – [link]
  • 1994 0613 – apnews – Life Insurance Buyers Allege Misleading Sales Tactics Were Used With PM-Vanishing Premiums-Illustrations, Mark Dennis – [link]
  • 1994 0613 – The Daily Courier –  Life Insurance Buyers Allege Misleading Sales Tactics – [link]
  • 1994 0708 –  Kiplinger’s Magazine, Chicago Tribune – Looks Can Be Deceiving, Kristin Davis – [link]
  • 1995 0526 – NYT –  6-State Force to Open Inquiry Into Insurance Sales Practices – [link]
  • 1995 1104 – Greensboro Newspaper – Full Disclosure on Life Insurance Still Eons Away, Jane Bryant Quinn – [link]
  • 1996 1001 – The Washington Post – Part 1: Proving a Case of Insurance Deception, by Jane Bryant Quinn – [link]
  • 1997 0525 – NYT –  A Tale of Unraveled Fortune – [link]
  • 1998 0918 – Washington Post – Pentagon Bars Life Insurance Firm Because of ‘Deceptive’ Practices – [link]