Fort Dearborn Closes On Northstar Life

A life insurance affiliate of a major health carrier now has the ability to distribute products in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company, a unit of Health Care Service Corp., Chicago, which, in turn, is the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, says it has completed efforts to acquire Northstar Life Insurance Company, New York, from a unit of Minnesota Mutual Insurance Companies Inc., St. Paul, Minn.