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Life Insurance And Annuities

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Advisers can help with Medicare

Over the next few weeks, many of your retired clients will be bombarded with advertisements from health insurance…

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Allianz Life to raise roll-up rates on VA rider

Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America is raising the roll-up rate on its Income Protector variable annuity…

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Surprise! Big insurer launches new VA

New York Life going where other carriers fear to tread; risk management key

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Adviser opening: Covering retirees

Employer-provided health care insurance for retirees is going the way of pensions, leaving many of those on the…

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LPL looks to goose VA sales

Creates new tools to help advisers better explain variable annuities to clients; many B-Ds seeing falloff in business

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Why LTC insurance is a better bet for women

Longer life expectancy, coupled with unisex policy pricing, boosts the value proposition for female clients

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Merrill hires MSSB exec to run insurance, annuities

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has snagged an executive from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC to run its…

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Financial planners in limbo after health care ruling

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. not only stunned Washington last month by siding with the court’s…

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Hartford’s deals give it cash to burn: CEO

Focus on property-casualty, commercial after ditching b-d, retirement business.

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AllianceBernstein finds anchor tenant for customized retirement fund

Product includes a lifetime withdrawal benefit backed by trio of insurers; UT says yes

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Mary Beth Franklin: Advisers and clients don’t talk Medicare

Survey finds that the discussion never comes up; yawning opportunity?

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Life insurance execs: Plenty of capacity for variable annuity business

Product features and pricing becoming 'rational' amid market tumult, low rates

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‘Fundamental shift’ coming to VA business

Carriers targeting fee-based advisers with new I-share offerings; next frontier

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Old-age question: Are LTC policies good deals for younger clients?

Number of people under 45 who buy long-term-care insurance is on the rise; cheap premiums

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New health care law: advice needed

Financial advisers will have opportunities to help their clients navigate the new health care law.

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Soaring health care costs squeeze retirees

Health care in retirement is rapidly becoming a focal point for financial advisers, but many continue to grapple…

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Protection gap is widening

Just as the markets plummeted amid the recession, so did life insurance coverage among American families. In…

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Protection gap is widening

Just as the markets plummeted amid the recession, so did life insurance coverage among American families. In…

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Protection gap is widening

Just as the markets plummeted amid the recession, so did life insurance coverage among American families. In…

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AIG unit could be next VA powerhouse

As insurers put the brakes on variable annuity sales, an old rival is emerging as a potential powerhouse in the business.