“I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation!” rock 'n' roll icon Joan Jett sang in 1981.
Lincoln National, which markets itself as Lincoln Financial Group, will raise about $600 million from the stock offer.
Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services today hit Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., New York Life Insurance Co. and TIAA-CREF with negative ratings actions.
Aquiline Capital Partners LLC has purchased Conning & Co., the research, consulting and asset management firm, from Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. yesterday adjusted its variable annuity suitability rule, releasing the final version of the much-debated Rule 2821. Originally, the rule had four major components.
Because the insurance industry has grown to $6.3 trillion in assets under management and $1.2 trillion in annual premiums, the regulations that govern the industry need to be modernized, according to House Capital Markets Subcommittee Chairman Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.
The company, which markets itself under the name Lincoln Financial Group, said it will accept as much as $950 million in capital as part of the government's $700 billion TARP program.
Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its outlook on TARP recipients The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group and Lincoln National Corp.
American International Group Inc. and its former chairman and chief executive, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, have a court date today related to a fight over a block of AIG shares that was sold for $4.3 billion.
Sun Life Financial Inc. today said that it will buy Lincoln National Corp.’s business in the United Kingdom for about $318.6 million.
A sprawling case of alleged securities fraud involving an independent broker-dealer and two brokers may wind up costing an insurance company $10.3 million.
As new annuity rules continue to develop, chief compliance officers at broker-dealers say that they still face some challenges in implementing compliance procedures with their financial advisers.
As Congress takes up health care reform, too little attention is being paid to long term care.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.'s proposal to widen its purview to include non-securities products has left some in the fixed-annuities industry gnashing their teeth.
The Principal Financial Group has declined to participate in the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program.
The insurer yesterday received preliminary clearance to accept approximately $3.4 billion in federal aid.
Retirees would be able to take a portion of their retirement savings in the form of an annuity if a bill introduced today by Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., were passed into law.
Making a case for long term care insurance can be a challenge under any circumstances.
