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CONFERENCE CALL: WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR INSURERS, IF THEY CAN FIND A WAY TO GET IT OPEN

Though life insurance industry executives are enthusiastic about the prospects of selling financial products to aging baby boomers,…

Though life insurance industry executives are enthusiastic about the prospects of selling financial products to aging baby boomers, insurers clearly remain frustrated over how to compete with mutual funds and brokerage wrap programs that put all of a client's finances under one management.

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