The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc. has approached its rivals in recent weeks searching for a buyer for its property/casualty unit, Bloomberg reported.
A critique of state regulatory missteps from The Allstate Corp.’s Tom Wilson, did not sit well with Michael T. McRaith, director of the Illinois Division of Insurance.
Your clients have probably been asking about the estate tax because it is scheduled to sunset in 2010 and then rise again in 2011 at higher rates.
The Phoenix Cos. walked away from TARP assistance after a bank it was hoping to acquire failed and was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
The registered investment advisory firm has changed its corporate name to reflect its core focus.
Although small-business owners think that an employer-sponsored retirement plan helps with hiring and retaining employees, nearly 40% don’t offer the benefit, according to a recent survey.
Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. insurance industry lost value last year, while non-U.S. transactions plummeted, according to data from Conning Research and Consulting.
Just as the Great Depression scared an entire generation away from the stock market, recent events may drive today's investors to the sidelines — forever.
Insurance stocks have outperformed the overall market during the past four weeks, but financial advisers are reluctant to jump in.
A financial adviser to former Major League baseball player Mo Vaughn is claiming that he threatened and intimidated her after she tried to rein in his "insane spending habits."
Last week's layoffs and consolidation of key areas of operation at the three broker-dealers of the AIG Advisor Group only add to the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the network's future and the fate of its more than 6,000 representatives and financial advisers, sources said.
Insurance companies that have been eliminated from the TARP pool are running up against a new obstacle: financial advisers who are reconsidering whether they want to do business with them.
Requiring annuities or other fixed-income products be included as an option in 401(k) plans is being considered by the House Education and Labor Committee, said Rep. Robert Andrews, D-N.J., chairman of the committee’s Health, Employment Labor and Pensions Subcommittee.
Mutual fund investors paid $15.8 billion in taxes last year for distributions, according to a report released today by Lipper Inc. of New York.
President Barack Obama seized the opportunity on tax-filing day to assert that his administration is easing the tax burden of working people.
Protesters began gathering at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party.
For 2008, individual taxpayers can claim a non-refundable credit against federal income taxes of up to $1,800 per student for qualified tuition and related expenses in the first two years of the student’s post-secondary education in a degree or certificate program.
Nearly 200 corporations have already stopped matching workers' contributions to their 401(k) plans and the number could very well accelerate — and possibly double — in the coming months.
MetLife Inc. has backed out of the Department of the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, saying its strong balance sheet shows it doesn’t need federal aid.
Lower fees for defined contribution retirement plans are related to factors such as the size of the plan, higher contribution rates by employers and employees, and greater use of automatic enrollment.
