Shares of U.S. life insurance companies, including Radnor-based Lincoln National Corp., rose broadly today, after a report that the U.S. Treasury Department plans to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program to some life insurers.

Shares of U.S. life insurance companies, including Radnor-based Lincoln National Corp., rose broadly today, after a report that the U.S. Treasury Department plans to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program to some life insurers.