Lincoln National Corp.'s CEO today stressed that the insurer has sufficient reserves for its universal life products
Ameriprise Financial Inc. and Lincoln National Corp. have strong VA hedging programs, Moody's Investors Service said in a report on the most frequently asked questions about variable annuities
Up 13% after Citigroup analyst said insurer can withstand mortgage-related losses
Aviva says a slew of charity-originated life insurance policies were touted as way to aid churches in poorer neighborhoods. But the carrier claims agents and third-party were the biggest beneficiaries
Most baby boomers, even those past retirement age, say they don't know much about Medicare, the federal health insurance plan for seniors. Their ignorance could end up costing them.
Almost one-third of U.S. employers are likely to stop providing health coverage for workers in 2014, when U.S. subsidies become available for people to buy individual policies.
B-Ds get notice of pullback as job cuts in annuity unit are reported
There is now substantial literature on the behavioral economics of retirement saving, which has stressed that both behavioral and institutional factors play an important role in determining saving accumulations
The secret to increasing sales of variable annuities at broker-dealers and wirehouses has everything to do with insurers' speeding up the sales process and making information easier for brokers to find.
As Primerica Inc. prepares to add a fixed indexed annuity to its platform for the first time, the company faces the tall task of prepping its 82,000 representatives on the complicated savings product
A group of state insurance regulators voted last week to adopt amendments to an annuity disclosure model that would give customers a detailed breakdown of product features
State regulators have signaled a push for recalculating reserve requirements on a certain type of universal-life insurance, a change that could lead to higher costs for policyholders, as well as fewer insurers' selling the product
The Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office last week said that it is looking for public comments focusing specifically on systemic risk as part of a report on modernizing insurance regulations
In what seems to be an about-face, wirehouses are embracing fixed indexed annuities, which offer investors a guaranteed-minimum return and the opportunity to partake in stock market gains
A group of state insurance regulators voted yesterday to adopt amendments to an annuity disclosure model that would give customers a detailed breakdown of product features.
Insurance juggernaut MetLife Inc. will rein in its variable annuities, as second-quarter sales surged beyond analysts' expectations.
A LIMRA survey released Tuesday found that 32% of 616 producers picked an aspect of training as the most valued service offered by insurers.
Though Latinos know they ought to have life insurance to protect their families, fewer of them buy it, compared with other demographic groups
If you want to reach out to an untapped audience for life insurance, try people under 45
