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Short-seller sends Globe Life shares plunging 53% as insurance giant calls report ‘defamatory,’ threatens legal action

Shares of insurance giant Globe Life Inc. plunged 53% today and trading was halted eight times after a short-seller issued a damning narrative on the company.

In a 36-page investigative report, Fuzzy Panda Research described “extensive allegations of insurance fraud” at Globe’s wholly-owned subsidiary American Income Life, repeatedly citing my coverage for Business Insider. Continue reading

Department of Justice opens probe of Globe Life, American Income Life

The U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed Globe Life Inc. and its subsidiary American Income Life seeking documents related to one of its top life insurance agencies — the Pittsburgh-based Arias Organization, according to an internal Globe document. In my Business Insider articles published in 2023, former agents described a culture at Arias of customer abuses and sexual harassment, including multiple allegations of sexual assault on the job. Continue reading