Rehabilitated: insurance

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Mutual Benefit Life Insurance has emerged from a court-ordered rehabilitation plan two years ahead of schedule, though significantly smaller in assets, employees and customers. Creditors and policyholders are likely to get back just a small fraction of their investments.

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A strange tale

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Francois Pinault, who controls a huge French retail empire, is facing lawsuits linked to his role in the takeover of US insurer Executive Life. The lawsuits, seeking damages of several billion dollars for alleged fraud, relate to one of Pinault's firms, Artemis.

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Let the light in

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Problems with with-profits insurance policies arise from lack of transparency, as is shown by the case of Equitable Life.

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