Life Insurance And Annuities

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Biggest expense for Americans over 50? Not health care
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2012
Biggest expense for Americans over 50? Not health care

Out-of-pocket costs on drugs and medical insurance are the second-most-costly item for older folks.

By Darla Mercado
Tardy TD enters VA race
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 16, 2012
Tardy TD enters VA race

Brokerage rolling out low-cost variable annuities for RIAs; direct sales to consumers the endgame

By Bloomberg
Others retreat, but this carrier is charging into the VA business
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 16, 2012
Others retreat, but this carrier is charging into the VA business

Sammons to launch new product with large investment menu; hawking the tax benefits, not the living benefits

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 15, 2012
Campaign has Betty White pitching 'hot' life settlements

Actress Betty White is the celebrity pitchwoman for life settlements provider The Lifeline Program and also stars in the firm's viral YouTube video, “I'm Still Hot.”

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 12, 2012
White's "hot' pitch

By Bloomberg
Insurer-owned indie B-Ds going the way of VHS?
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 09, 2012
Insurer-owned indie B-Ds going the way of VHS?

Once the dominant player in the industry, carriers seeing reps exit; consolidation puts squeeze on

By Bruce Kelly
Life settlement notes turn out to be killer for Tex reps
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 07, 2012
Life settlement notes turn out to be killer for Tex reps

Pair of brokers in Lone Star state suspended for selling bogus promissory notes from now-defunct National Life Settlements; 'We were fooled'

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 03, 2012
NAIFA's Robert Miller pushes for compromise on fiduciary issue

Robert Miller isn't a typical member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 01, 2012
New Allianz Life boss won't tinker with controversial distribution model

Indexed annuity program rewarding big Allianz sellers with exclusive products here to stay

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2012
How Mesirow used worker incentives to promote wellness

When Mesirow Financial Inc. offered its employees free physicals a few years ago, only about a third of the 875 employees in its Chicago headquarters participated. For the most recent round of tests in early October, more than 750 people turned out.

By H. Lee Murphy
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 29, 2012
Insurance companies take a step back

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JAN 26, 2012
Former E*Trade CEO leads management buyout of Jefferson

By Bloomberg
New York Life splits life insurance, investment operations
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 26, 2012
New York Life splits life insurance, investment operations

Annuities to be slotted under the latter; retirement income boss Chris Blunt to oversee insurance

By Darla Mercado
Why hanging on to your older fixed annuity is a solid bet
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 26, 2012
Why hanging on to your older fixed annuity is a solid bet

Older fixed annuities, ones that hold 3% guaranteed minimum rates, are looking pretty attractive right now

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 18, 2012
John Hancock latest to yank annuity offerings, pare distribution

Under pressure from a challenging economic environment, John Hancock Life Insurance Co. has pulled back on its annuity distribution and expects to withdraw an array of fixed, variable and immediate annuities

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS JAN 17, 2012
Springtime has arrived and so have the new VAs

It is that time again

By Darla Mercado
MetLife must defend lawsuit over retained asset checkbook
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 13, 2012
MetLife must defend lawsuit over retained asset checkbook

MetLife Inc. must defend a lawsuit by the beneficiary of a policy who claimed the insurer paid $302,000 to the wrong person.

By Doug Cubberley
Former E-Trade CEO leads management buyout of Jefferson National
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 12, 2012
Former E-Trade CEO leads management buyout of Jefferson National

Caplan oversees $83 million acquisition of flat-fee VA seller; targets RIAs

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 11, 2012
Helping retired clients prepare for health care costs

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 11, 2012
Health insurance premiums soar

U.S. workers' health insurance premiums rose 63% between 2003 and 2010 as employers shifted more of the burden of rising medical costs to individuals and families, according to a study from The Commonwealth Fund

By Bloomberg