Life Insurance And Annuities

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How Social Security annual increases are calculated
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
How Social Security annual increases are calculated

COLA formula was established by law in 1972.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
Savings targets for retirement health care costs fall in 2014

But retirees will still need to prepare for rising health care costs in the long run, expert warns.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT ALTERNATIVES OCT 21, 2014
New York Life buys IndexIQ to expand liquid alts offering, add hedge fund ETFs

Deal adds $1.5 billion in AUM to N.Y. Life, including $950 million in multi-strategy exchange-traded fund.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 19, 2014
Former Pimco parent Pacific Life moves accounts to Janus

Pacific Life Insurance Co., the insurer where Pimco was started as a bond unit in 1971, is moving money from Bill Gross's old firm to Janus Capital Group, which the bond legend joined last month.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 17, 2014
Two big developments in retirement planning grab advisers' attention

Social Security and annuities make news, LPL's regulatory headaches continue, and the rest of this week's must-read stories for advisers.

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 15, 2014
Allianz joins Wells Fargo's new indexed annuity platform

Insurer brings its Essential Income 7 indexed annuity, Essential Income Benefit feature, to the platform.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 13, 2014
Indexed universal life insurance faces fresh scrutiny

Regulators homing in on whether insurers are presenting a picture of performance that's too rosy.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 13, 2014
Wells Fargo pushes insurers to lower commissions on indexed annuities

Debut of its new offerings follows an industrywide surge in popularity for the products.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 10, 2014
How gay couples can act on Social Security benefits now

Though rules still vary from state to state, all same-sex couples should take steps to claim benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 09, 2014
How will annuity clients react to Pimco news?

Clients invested in variable annuities tied to the subaccount version of the Pimco Total Return Fund may move their funds.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2014
AIG promotes Peter Hancock to CEO, replacing Benmosche

After paying off $182.3 billion bailout, insurer focused on property-casualty coverage, life insurance and retirement.

By Gregory Crawford
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 02, 2014
No big price increases for Lincoln National annuities

CEO Dennis Glass lays out insurer's strategy for when interest rates rise.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2014
Medicare: The next frontier

As health care costs in retirement rise, many advisers and clients still haven't accounted for a major part of those expenses: Medicare.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 29, 2014
Firms challenged to create innovative retirement income products

Successfully addressing the post-accumulation phase and providing simplicity still difficult for the industry.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 29, 2014
Finra charges SWS with improper supervision of VA transactions

SWS Financial Services charged with green-lighting variable annuity applications without proper review for suitability.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT EQUITIES SEP 26, 2014
Pimco fortifies to take on the old boss

Monday <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Gross, Ivascyn to square off. Plus: The outlook for Pimco outflows is bad and worse, global markets keeping an eye on Hong Kong civil unrest, a warning about fixed indexed annuities, buying ahead of ex-dividend dates, and running the numbers on Roth IRAs

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 24, 2014
FSI offers long-term disability, life insurance to members

Program guarantees members coverage at a group rate FSI has secured as the plan sponsor.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 19, 2014
Caregiving costs hit family finances, employment, retirement

Nearly half of families spend more than $5,000 per year in caregiving expenses.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 18, 2014
Why health care is the ultimate retirement wild card

New study focuses on the need to integrate health care and retirement planning.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
A user's guide to this week's "Fedspeak"

On this morning's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, a guide to the Fed's upcoming comments, Calpers sends hedge funds out to pasture, getting on the stock-split bandwagon, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin