Lincoln National Corp. announced today that it has opened a new Los Angeles office to help it sell more Lincoln Financial Group life insurance products to small-business owners and high-net-worth individuals on the West Coast.
The New York State Insurance Department released its final producer compensation disclosure regulation Tuesday.
California's insurance commissioner said Tuesday he will push insurance companies doing business in California to divest up to $12 billion in indirect investments in Iran's defense, nuclear, energy and banking industries.
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Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group reported net profit of 2.4 billion Swiss francs ($2.4 billion) for the third quarter, helped by strong returns on financial market trading and investment banking.
The Charles Schwab Corp. has begun calling clients of some registered investment advisers to verify that they have authorized wire transfers of funds from accounts held in custody at the broker-dealer.
Discover Financial Services said on Friday that it paid Morgan Stanley $775 million to settle a dispute over the proceeds from an antitrust lawsuit filed before Morgan Stanley spun off Discover in 2007.
A severe snowstorm has forced the federal government to do something it seldom does — postpone release of several monthly economic reports.
Securities America Inc. was tagged last month with a lawsuit from Massachusetts regulators alleging that the firm misled investors who were sold high-risk private placements.
Two mutual fund acquisitions were announced today, one involving a fund group with $6 billion in assets that has changed hands several times over the last few years.
Jeffrey Gundlach said his “inappropriate termination” by TCW Asset Management will simply give him and his mortgage-backed securities team an opportunity to create an even stronger investment organization to serve investors
A Securities America adviser named last week in a class action said he had no way of knowing that securities he sold would later blow up.
The catastrophe bond market is poised for an active fourth quarter as several factors combine to boost the insurance-linked-securities sector, according to experts and observers
Aon Corp.said today its first-quarter profit jumped 28% as the insurance broker was able to slash costs, more than offsetting a slight decline in revenue.
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In strikingly unenthusiastic fashion, federal Judge Jed Rakoff signed off on the Securities and Exchange Commission's plan to fine Bank of America $150 million after failing to tell shareholders of about $16 billion in impending losses at Merrill Lynch.
