Retirement

Displaying 11703 results
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2009
Genworth shares tumble after TARP shutout

The Richmond, Va.-based insurer’s shares fell as low as $1.92 in this morning’s trading, as the impact of Genworth’s ineligibility for help through the Department of the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program took hold.

By Darla Mercado
TAX APR 12, 2009
Web-based tactics publicly embarrass tax cheats

Tax day is Wednesday, and once again the Internal Revenue Service won't collect billions of dollars owed by taxpayers.

By Jim Pavia
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 12, 2009
Beleaguered insurers await their white knight - TARP

Although life insurers may be able to get a federal lifeline through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, it remains to be seen whether the money would be enough to help carriers survive mounting losses and decreased financial flexibility.

By Darla Mercado
TAX APR 10, 2009
Tax cheats get creative

As the Obama administration scrambles to tighten tax loopholes, the strategies for dodging income taxes continue to evolve.

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 10, 2009
Genworth shut out of TARP participation

Genworth Financial Inc. won’t be able to participate in the Department of the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program.

By Darla Mercado
TAX APR 08, 2009
U.S. accountant granted $12M bail in UBS tax case

A wealthy accountant who is the first U.S. citizen charged in a wide-ranging tax probe of Swiss banking giant UBS AG was released from jail Wednesday on $12 million bail.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 08, 2009
AIG completes sale of retail bank operations

American International Group Inc. said Wednesday that it completed the sale of its retail bank and credit card operations in Thailand for about $45 million in proceeds.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 08, 2009
Uncle Sam to the VA rescue

For most of us, the best alternative to a prescription sleep inducer is a discussion about insurance.

By Bloomberg
TAX APR 07, 2009
Making a retirement plan contribution before filing a tax return

Situation: One of your clients wants to make a retirement plan contribution before filing his tax return. He has salary from his job and some self-employment income from a side business.

By Lisa Featherngill
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 07, 2009
Lincoln National eyes selling divisions to shore up insurance businesses

Lincoln National Corp., which paid off a $500 million debt just yesterday, today said it is considering whether to sell assets in an effort to bolster its insurance businesses.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 07, 2009
Providing independent advice could fortify 401(k) system, congressman says

Rep. Robert Andrews said that despite more than $2 trillion in losses over the last year, the 401(k) system is not broken — it just needs some minor, and rather immediate, adjustments to empower individual investors,

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 06, 2009
Lincoln digs deep to repay $500M debt

Shares of Lincoln National Corp. fell today as the insurer prepared to pay down $500 million in debt.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 06, 2009
Stifel moves into insurance with new hires

Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc. has hired two executives from KeyBanc to fill newly created positions in the Financial Institutions Group.

By Jamie Burns
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2009
Merrill settles 401(k) class action for $75M

Participants in the 401(k) plan at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. have reached a $75 million preliminary settlement with the brokerage firm to cover losses sustained in their retirement plans over the last several years.

By Mark Bruno
TAX APR 05, 2009
Tax cheats get creative

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 05, 2009
Insurers slow production of fixed-index annuities

Insurers, concerned about conserving capital, have put the brakes on their fixed-index-annuity production, a move that advisers say could put a crimp in their business.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 03, 2009
House again floats federal insurance regulator

In the latest iteration of a plan that’s been steadily gaining support from both Democrats and Republicans on the Hill, legislation was introduced yesterday that would create a federal insurance regulator.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES APR 03, 2009
Carried-interest tax bill in the House once more

Legislation to tax carried-interest compensation at ordinary income tax rates instead of lower capital gains rates was reintroduced today by Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich.

By Sara Hansard
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 03, 2009
Gen Re ex-finance chief prison-bound in fraud case

Elizabeth A. Monrad, the former finance chief of General Re Corp., is heading to prison for her part in a scheme that inflated American International Group Inc.’s financial statements.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 02, 2009
Bank backs out of Protective Life deal, dooming TARP dreams

Protective Life Corp.’s quest to acquire a Florida bank holding company abruptly ended yesterday because of the insurer’s inability to participate in the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

By Darla Mercado