Morgan Lewis Advises Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company in Acquisition by JAB Insurance

NEW YORK, November 18, 2025: Morgan Lewis is representing Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company in rehabilitation (CML) in the acquisition of CML and its Illinois subsidiary Columbian Life Insurance Company (CLIC), collectively Columbian Financial Group (CFG), by JAB Insurance.

Headquartered in Johnson City, New York, CFG includes parent company CML, with CLIC, Columbian Financial Services Corporation, New Vision Service Corporation of New York, and other affiliated companies with more than 20,000 independent agents nationwide. JAB Insurance is a fully integrated life insurance platform, with more than $25 billion in general account assets, serving more than one million policyholder contracts and policies with its existing US life insurers.

Morgan Lewis partners Harold Horwich and Jeffrey MacDonald and associates Rakesh Beniwal and Sydney Tshimbalanga are advising CML in rehabilitation.

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