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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 04, 2011
Putnam to kick off NFL season with Patriots partnership

Now that the National Football League's lockout is history, Putnam Investments has teamed up with the New England Patriots in a new marketing arrangement.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 03, 2011
Insurance watchdog seeks comments on systemic risk

The Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office last week said that it is looking for public comments focusing specifically on systemic risk as part of a report on modernizing insurance regulations

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 03, 2011
Wirehouses warming to indexed annuities

In what seems to be an about-face, wirehouses are embracing fixed indexed annuities, which offer investors a guaranteed-minimum return and the opportunity to partake in stock market gains

Insurance regulators vote for stronger annuity disclosure
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 28, 2011
Insurance regulators vote for stronger annuity disclosure

A group of state insurance regulators voted yesterday to adopt amendments to an annuity disclosure model that would give customers a detailed breakdown of product features.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 27, 2011
IRS offers a pass on misclassified indie contractors

Broker-dealers now have a low-cost way to clear their slate with the IRS if they have been misclassifying employees as independent contractors

MetLife to temper variable annuity growth amid hot 2Q sales
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 27, 2011
MetLife to temper variable annuity growth amid hot 2Q sales

Insurance juggernaut MetLife Inc. will rein in its variable annuities, as second-quarter sales surged beyond analysts' expectations.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 25, 2011
NAPFA fears fallout from Spangler probe

The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, whose members consider their fee-based model to be the gold standard for unbiased advice, is worried that its reputation will be tarnished in light of a second high-profile investigation involving one of its former top officers

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 24, 2011
Insurers' products are highly prized

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 24, 2011
Products and insurers' financial strength highly prized by advisers and agents

A LIMRA survey released Tuesday found that 32% of 616 producers picked an aspect of training as the most valued service offered by insurers.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 24, 2011
Hispanics underinsured

Though Latinos know they ought to have life insurance to protect their families, fewer of them buy it, compared with other demographic groups