Consumers value designations, although opinions vary on which ones carry the most swagger.
House committee approves measures to raise contribution limits, extend eligibility.
Reducing health care costs frees up more money to be invested.
Massachusetts ordered Roger Zullo to disgorge $1.9 million in commissions.
Advisers are challenged to protect against one of the biggest risks to a retirement plan.
Insurance is no longer just a one-off in planning.
Case charges firm with 'siphoning' funds from insurance companies it owns.
The 2008 crisis left investors focused on income vehicles that provide reliable returns.
Affluent clients are confident about retirement plans, but not medical expenses
Massachusetts securities czar says insurer's failure to make pension payments enabled it to lower reserves
If the rate of return on the policy exceeds the loan's interest rate over the life of the contract, the client comes out ahead. But beware the risks.
James Hocker took money from 25 mostly elderly, unsophisticated investors.
Lisa Marie Schurhammer said to have engaged in phony annuity and gold sales.
Lawsuit claims insurers 'betrayed' thousands of pension plan participants and beneficiaries.
Says viewing health costs as a staggering lump sum impedes action and planning.
Association health plans would lack some of the protections required under Obamacare.
A handful of fatal accidents involving autonomous vehicles suggest car insurance will evolve, rather than go away.
Industry coalition seeks to educate the public and advisers about the value of annuities.
Rising interest rates primarily responsible for estimated 50% spike in sales of fixed-rate deferred annuities through 2019, says insurance industry group Limra.
New depletion date is blamed on lower payroll taxes, less revenue from taxing Social Security benefits and higher-than-expected spending.
