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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 20, 2009
Rep. Henry Waxman asks Genworth, Guardian Life and MetLife for details on executives' pay

Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, is asking executives at Genworth Financial Inc., The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and MetLife Inc. to produce details on executives' pay.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 20, 2009
AIG names Jay Wintrob president and CEO of its new life and retirement services business

American International Group Inc. has named Jay S. Wintrob president and chief executive of its Domestic Life and Retirement Services business.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 20, 2009
Florida Atlantic University strips Barry Kaye's name from business school

Florida Atlantic University's College of Business yesterday stripped life insurance guru Barry Kaye's name from the school, according to published reports.

By Darla Mercado
TAX AUG 19, 2009
IRS on UBS tax evasion settlement: We've only just begun

While Swiss banking giant UBS AG has agreed to release information on 4,450 client accounts to settle a contentious lawsuit with the Internal Revenue Service that centered on alleged offshore tax evasion by the bank's clients, the IRS said that it may eye other banks for similar activities.

By Charles Paikert
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 18, 2009
With sale of AIG's B-D network squashed, advisers fret about their futures

Advisers across American International Group Inc.'s three broker-dealers were stunned to learn that — contrary to all prior indications — the sale of the insurer's broker-dealer network would be scrapped.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 18, 2009
Phoenix unveils 'first-to-die' insurance policy

A new life insurance product from The Phoenix Cos. Inc. covers two lives under one policy, providing a death benefit for a spouse or business partner.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 17, 2009
Index annuity sales surged in 2Q on demand for stable retirement income

Index annuity sales rose during the second quarter, hitting $8.3 billion, according to data from Advantage Group Associates Inc.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 17, 2009
Life insurers will be hurt by falling values of fixed-income securities, CFOs say in survey

Values on fixed-income securities will fall, hindering life insurers' financial performance over the next two years.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 17, 2009
Aetna needs two years to regain fiscal health, analyst says

Health insurer Aetna Inc. will need two years to bring its profit margins back to their former levels, an Oppenheimer analyst said today in a note to client.

By Associated Press
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 17, 2009
Catastrophe bonds at their highest level of year

Catastrophe bonds climbed Friday to their highest level of the year amid reports of calmer hurricane outlooks ahead, Bloomberg reported.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 16, 2009
Life insurance lessons

Three college students whose parents died are vying for a $5,000 scholarship from the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education.

By Darla Mercado
BROKER DEALERS AUG 16, 2009
The latest threat to independent advisers

History is rife with examples of adverse, unintended consequences resulting from well-intentioned lawmaking acting in the face of a crisis.

By Dale E. Brown
TAX AUG 16, 2009
IRS rules for victims of fraud in focus as deadline looms

The painful process of recovering from investment fraud is being eased by recently issued IRS guidelines that accountants and tax experts say will greatly benefit fraud victims.

By Charles Paikert
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 14, 2009
New York Life, with eye on advisers, will roll out new variable annuity product

Although many big variable annuity writers are fading from the market, New York Life Insurance Co. has decided to jump in with a new product as a strategy to gain favor with independent broker-dealers and registered investment advisers.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 14, 2009
James Wrynn to become N.Y. superintendent of insurance

New York Gov. David A. Paterson has named James J. Wrynn the state's superintendent of insurance.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 14, 2009
Hartford names Dan Guilbert chief actuary of its life insurance unit

The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc. has named Dan Guilbert chief actuary of Hartford Life Insurance Co.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 14, 2009
MassMutual lays off more employees in its Massachusetts and Connecticut offices

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. made another round of job cuts this week in its Connecticut and Massachusetts offices, a spokesman said.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 13, 2009
Axa Advisors to pay $50,000 settlement in connection to retirement-fund fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday filed an administrative proceeding against Axa Advisors LLC for failing to supervise a former registered representative who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in January 2008.

By Sara Hansard
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 13, 2009
Moody's maintains A3 long-term issuer rating on AIG after insurer reports profit

Moody's Investors Service today said it would keep its A3 long-term issuer rating on American International Group Inc. after the insurance company reported its first quarterly profit in nearly two years.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 13, 2009
National Planning Holdings revs up recruiting, drives rep count to all-time high

Although first-half revenue may be down at National Planning Holdings Inc., the independent broker-dealer network has been actively adding to its ranks of registered representatives.

By Darla Mercado