Markets on the upswing, low rates and risk management front and center for insurers.
After strong first quarter, insurer trims income benefit payouts, seeks to 'tamp down' sales.
ACLI chief calls N.Y. superintendent's comments 'inaccurate' and 'irresponsible.'
Universal life policies sold in the '80s and '90s are at risk of lapsing, causing problems for clients and advisers.
Clients have until Dec. 7 to make choices for 2014
Zywave splits in two, with insurance unit going to a new private-equity owner as financial advisory unit changes name to Advicent.
Insurance and fund executives recount ideas that exceeded regulatory framework
Mary Beth Franklin dishes on how the Social Security Administration sends millions in benefits to deceased people...and how, in some cases, people who are very much alive are declared dead.
Protective CEO and management team will remain in place; deal creates 13th-largest global insurer.
Deferred-income annuities offer certainty but limitations too.
Insurer no longer taking 1035 exchanges or rollovers, but brokerage gets pass
Benefits depend on if you remarry and when.
Symetra Investment Services, with about 280 registered reps, not a fit with parent.
Stock trades higher after company cuts offering price; annuities biz viewed as financial drag
Company to change name to Voya Financial upon IPO, focus on retirement, investment, insurance.
Another day, another VA pullback. This time, Protective Live is putting the brakes to sales of its variable annuities, including clamping down on 1035 exchanges.
Health care exchanges aren't meant for retirees, but advisers should still help clients with Medicare choices.
Coté, Doll love equities but hate Washington politics, health care law.
