Life Insurance And Annuities

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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2013
Insurers tweaking fees, not products, in variable annuity world

Insurers didn't seem overly interested in tweaking their VA offerings in 4Q. Instead, they tinkered with the fees.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2013
Pru fee hike another nail in VA coffin

Advisers now questioning value proposition for products

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2013
Factoring a child's benefit into a claiming strategy

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2013
Mining company bankruptcy the canary in coal mine for pensioners

Promised health care benefits for 10,000 on the cutting block; 'rug pulled out from under you'.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 08, 2013
Nationwide decides to sign, settles death benefits probe

Insurer agrees to shell out $7.2 million following multistate market conduct exam

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RIAS MAR 03, 2013
Two MetLife B-Ds on Cetera's radar

Company is said to be pursuing an acquisition of one or more broker-dealers

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 01, 2013
Are VA settlements a good deal?

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RIAS MAR 01, 2013
Fee-based products attract attention

By AOSTERLAND
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2013
Private-equity jumping into annuities could be bad news for insurers

Private-equity firms have been jumping into the VA business like crazy. On Tuesday, Moody's weighed in on the subject. Advisers should take note.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2013
The other Alzheimer's tragedy

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 24, 2013
Changing advisers' long-term-care conversation

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 17, 2013
Life insurance a lifesaver for college?

Some advisers recommend it to clients, but others want the idea banned

By Liz Skinner
ING sends incorrect statements to 75,000 VA customers
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 04, 2013
ING sends incorrect statements to 75,000 VA customers

Notices contained account balance errors, wrong names; cause of error discovered

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2013
Hello, I must be going: Revolving door spins quickly at Nationwide

After seven months on the job, Hilsheimer leaves post as president of retirement unit

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2013
Back to square one

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2013
Q&A: Morningstar's David Blanchett

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2013
Analysts wary of PE annuities

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RIAS JAN 31, 2013
Genworth shrinks again, sells off wealth management unit

Executives at Genworth Financial took another step in their downsizing with the announcement of the much-anticipated sale of its wealth management unit. Who bought it? Darla Mercado has the details.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 31, 2013
Barro: In flap over 'Makers and Takers,' Ryan a faker

Rep.'s attacks on Obama's 'twist of terms' feature some twists of his own

By Josh Barro
Credit-worth of Genworth gets worse, nears junk
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 31, 2013
Credit-worth of Genworth gets worse, nears junk

S&P lowers rating on insurer to lowest investment-grade level

By John Goff