Life Insurance And Annuities

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Dead man's life policy finally pays off

Life insurers have paid $52.6 million in death benefits since New York's banking and insurance regulator forced the companies to use government data to identify cases where they didn't pay claims.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Policyholder who died in 1970 finally gets death benefits — and so do 8,000 others

New York state orders insurers to track down unpaid claims; $52M forked over in total

By John Goff
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Lincoln may get more defensive with MoneyGuard hybrid

Lincoln National Corp. may raise fees and change its benefits on its popular MoneyGuard Reserve product, a combination of universal life insurance and long-term-care benefits.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
LTCI too pricey even for Uncle Sam as CLASS Act yanked

Executives at life insurance companies can breathe a sigh of relief now that the proposed federal long-term-care insurance program — the CLASS Act — has been killed

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 17, 2012
Advisers, B-Ds step back from The Hartford

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RIAS APR 17, 2012
Advisers find slim pickings as VA market contracts

By Darla Mercado
MetLife to kill VA living benefit this month
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 17, 2012
MetLife to kill VA living benefit this month

Insurer to stop issuing the GMIB Plus IV rider Feb. 24

By Darla Mercado
Bankers Life settles charges it ran unlicensed B-D operations
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 16, 2012
Bankers Life settles charges it ran unlicensed B-D operations

Insurer to pay nearly $10M to close case; states claim carrier had commission arrangement with Uvest, ProEquities

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 06, 2012
Hartford offers wealth management boss $2M bonus to stay for 11 months

By Bloomberg
Edward Jones pulls plug on Hartford life, annuity sales
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2012
Edward Jones pulls plug on Hartford life, annuity sales

The Hartford's surprise exit from several key businesses is still making waves in the advice industry. The latest news: Edward Jones has ceased selling the carrier's life insurance and annuities.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 01, 2012
Insurer sees mutual fund growth

By JKEPHART
Hartford offers wealth management boss Levenson $2M bonus to stay for 11 months
RETIREMENT RIAS MAR 29, 2012
Hartford offers wealth management boss Levenson $2M bonus to stay for 11 months

Hartford Financial Services has offered its head of wealth management, David Levenson, $2 million to stay on for another 11 months while it seeks a buyer for its life and 401(k) businesses.

By Doug Cubberley
Newest NBA rule: Players must provide their own (safety) net
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2012
Newest NBA rule: Players must provide their own (safety) net

Financial troubles of retired players sees union, league set up mandatory retirement savings plan

By John Goff
Indie B-D reps flocking to fixed indexed annuities
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2012
Indie B-D reps flocking to fixed indexed annuities

Fixed indexed annuities were a hot product among independent broker-dealer reps last year as clients sought a safe-money alternative to CDs, made virtually worthless by low interest rates.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 27, 2012
Special report: Variable annuities

A look at the latest trends in variable annuity sales and strategies.

By Paul Menchaca
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2012
The 25 largest variable annuity providers

By Mark Bruno
The Hartford does 'something drastic,' will exit annuity and life insurance businesses
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2012
The Hartford does 'something drastic,' will exit annuity and life insurance businesses

Venerable insurer makes dramatic move amid pressure from shareholder John Paulson

By John Goff
'Transformative events' shape client's financial thinking, survey finds
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2012
'Transformative events' shape client's financial thinking, survey finds

Upper-middle class more worried about life's big moments than the next 12 months

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT RIAS MAR 21, 2012
Breaking up is hard to do - especially with annuities

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 21, 2012
The top 25 variable annuity providers through independent B-Ds

Top participating issuers of VAs

By Mark Bruno