Life Insurance And Annuities

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 25, 2009
Chubb settles Mass. kickback case

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 24, 2009
Regulators anticipate new rules for insurers

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 24, 2009
Ratings downgrades coming for insurers: Fitch

Hard times are on the horizon for insurers as commercial mortgage exposure haunts carriers and capital levels shrink, according to Fitch.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 24, 2009
MetLife, Axa bid for AIG’s life unit

Insurers have begun bidding for American Life Insurance Co., the life insurance unit of American International Group Inc.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 22, 2009
Low rates, market volatility increase VA costs

Investors' concerns about negative market returns are likely to create a greater demand for guaranteed products such as variable annuities, but the downturn in the markets has changed the insurers' cost of managing the hedging risk of VAs.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 22, 2009
Despite problems, advisers are upbeat about VAs

Advisers may complain about variable annuities, but most still endorse the product.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 22, 2009
Eric R. Dinallo

As this year's returning chairman of the NAIC's Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee, Eric R. Dinallo's priorities are making sure that consumers are protected while helping carriers steer a course through choppy economic waters.

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RETIREMENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 22, 2009
Indie B-Ds cast wary eye on insurers

Seeking to assess the strength of the insurance carriers they do business with, many smaller independent broker-dealers — flummoxed by the insurers' opaque balance sheets and arcane accounting practices — are relying on a time-tested tool: their own observations.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 20, 2009
Iowa eases accounting rules for 11 insurers

The Iowa insurance commissioner has eased accounting rules for 11 insurers based in the state, allowing them to polish up their balance sheets.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 18, 2009
Insurance broker faces 20-year sentence

John W. Goff, owner of the Goff Group, may face at least 20 years in prison after his conviction yon charges of mail fraud, embezzlement and filing false documents.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 18, 2009
States fight for right to regulate equity index annuities

When the SEC declared that equity index annuities are securities last year, it ignored the McCarran-Ferguson Act.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 13, 2009
The Hartford jettisoned from commercial paper program

The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc. yesterday said that would no longer be able to participate in a federal commercial paper program.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 12, 2009
Connecticut eases accounting rules for the Hartford

The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group received approval from the Connecticut insurance commissioner to change accounting practices.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 11, 2009
Insurers look to reduce risk

Insurers are eager to continue developing products in the variable annuity arena — with the search for ways to reduce risk as a top priority.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 11, 2009
Trade group to urge risk-based approach

The Retirement Income Industry Association gave a sneak peek into an initiative designed to encourage financial advisers to take a risk management approach.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 11, 2009
Income guarantees paired with UMAs developing slowly

Providers will push forward with the development of the income guarantee paired with a unified managed account, and with other vehicles, despite hurdles.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 10, 2009
Advisers grapple with complex insurance products

Advisers are admitting now more than ever before that insurers’ solvency and financial strength are at the forefront in their minds when they recommend products.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 10, 2009
New insurance strategy: Simplify

Seeking to wrest market share from the asset management industry, life insurance executives will embark on a campaign of simplified consumer communications and stress real-life contexts for the use of their products.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 08, 2009
Spendthrift trusts are said to be gaining attention

Client interest in establishing spendthrift trusts for beneficiaries is picking up steam, partly due to the fact that wealthy clients are becoming more risk-averse, according to financial advisers.

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 06, 2009
Ohio grants insurers reserve relief

Mary Jo Hudson, director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, yesterday adopted three accounting rule changes that would grant insurers based there some reserve relief.

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