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Life Insurance And Annuities

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Delaying Social Security bennies could come back to bite clients

Higher income may render seniors ineligible for subsidized LTC benefits

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‘Death put’ lawyer pleads guilty to fraud charge

Caramadre purchased bonds, VAs using identities fraudulently gleaned from the terminally ill

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Premiums contribute to insurance spending boost

More than a third of Americans spent more last year to insure everything from homes, cars and boats…

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Hartford unwraps VA buyout offer

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has divulged the details of its variable annuity settlement program, which would…

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Residents in these three states worst at money matters

Finra survey reveals drop in national financial literacy; 'something wrong with this picture.'

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Fidelity annuities vet jumps to Bank of America

Jeff Cimini takes on new role as head of personal retirement

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No surrender: Advisers have ‘obligation’ to talk life settlements with clients

A policy buyer says such transactions make plenty of sense for certain groups of people

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VA buyback offers raising hackles in B-D Land

Recent VA buyback offers by insurers are getting a frosty reception from B-Ds. Here's why.

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Annuity sales show Guggenheim not so crazy with buying binge

Big rise in market share for Security Benefit, EquiTrust; generous benefits

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Premiums contribute to insurance spending boost in 2012, survey says

More than a third of Americans spent more last year to insure everything from homes, cars and boats to their own life and health.

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Ponnuru: Conservatives’ income equality argument pure tripe

Celebrating rising value of health benefits a real reach; wage stagnation the issue

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AIG to America: Thanks — and you’ve been served!

Just days after rolling out a campaign thanking America for its bailout, AIG now says it may be forced to sue the U.S. government over -- you guessed it -- the bailout.

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IRS hikes tax break for LTCI premiums

Small-business owners stand to benefit from deductions

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Firm run by L.A Dodgers’ owner buys big annuity seller

Guggenheim to purchase Sun Life unit; CEO Mark Walter building a giant

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Post-cliff, life insurance a tougher sell

Raising of estate tax exemption to $5M lessens need for policies that shield assets.

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Latest round in Aviva-bashing case goes to agent

Federal court rules in favor of agent who maintained sites critical of insurer, but who will get paid?

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Clients ask advisers about annuities more than any other product: Survey

Demand continues to surge despite pullback by insurance companies of product benefits.

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P-E-owned fixed-annuity player makes inroads

Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. helped push indexed-annuity sales to record levels in the third quarter, illustrating that…

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Finra on to B-Ds that sold VAs with hedge funds

Finra is investigating half a dozen independent broker-dealers that sold variable annuities with subaccounts invested in hedge funds,…

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The case for fixed-indexed annuities

So far this year, somewhere around $34 billion worth of fixed-indexed annuities have found their way into Americans’…