The US Attorney’s Office has settled the case of the American-Amicable Life Insurance Company of Texas, which, along with its affiliates, had represented expensive insurance policies as savings plans to tens of thousands of new military recruits. The settlement calls for the company to make cash payments totaling $10 million to 57,000 military members and provide increased value—a total of $60 million—in policies for another 53,000 military and non-military individuals. And, the company cannot sell insurance on military facilities for five years.
GAO Turns Down Anduril’s ABMS Protest
March 3, 2021
The Government Accountability Office recently turned down a protest by California-based Anduril Industries, which challenged how the Air Force is running aspects of its Advanced Battle Management System acquisition. Anduril filed the protest in November to push back on a solicitation for contractors to participate in ABMS that it felt…