Life Insurance And Annuities

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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 07, 2012
Start now with end-of-life discussions: Expert

Advisers can fill void left by doctors, lawyers; living wills, DNRs crucial

By cmollison
After bailing on annuities, The Hartford looks to pump up its mutual funds
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 07, 2012
After bailing on annuities, The Hartford looks to pump up its mutual funds

Insurer sees big room for growth in fund world; relocating, bulking up sales force

By JKEPHART
Hartford Financial CEO McGee refuses bonus after stock drop
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2012
Hartford Financial CEO McGee refuses bonus after stock drop

Despite being eligible for a $1.76 million incentive for 2011, Hartford's CEO Liam McGee declined it.

By Doug Cubberley
The Hartford to sell bank that qualified it for TARP money
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2012
The Hartford to sell bank that qualified it for TARP money

Insurer said it will sell Federal Trust after owning it for less than two years; carrier paid $10M for bank, received $3.4B in government bail-out funds

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 29, 2012
Bought for $881, this LTC policy pays out $1.7M

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 29, 2012
MetLife to pay $500M to settle death benefit probe

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
In rejiggering, MetLife to curb VA sales, roll out health insurance

Carrier aims to pull away from 'capital-intensive' products — including annuities

By Darla Mercado
SALB story: Loring Ward to offer stand-alone living benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
SALB story: Loring Ward to offer stand-alone living benefits

Turnkey asset manager in talks with Transamerica Life Insurance Co. and The Phoenix Cos. to develop income-producing product

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Lincoln National ordered to make good on insurance in heated Stoli case

Judge finds for claimant in $5 million stoli benefits payment from Lincoln National Life

By Darla Mercado
Pru will pay $17M to settle with seven states over death benefits
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Pru will pay $17M to settle with seven states over death benefits

Prudential Financial Will pay $17 million to settle with seven states; regulators claim insurer used more comprehensive database for cutting off annuity payments than one used to locate those owed money.

By Bloomberg
Analysts wave off $1.57B death benefit suit against Met, Pru
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Analysts wave off $1.57B death benefit suit against Met, Pru

Illinois lawsuit alleges MetLife and Prudential owe some $524M in unclaimed death benefits

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Dead man's life policy finally pays off

Life insurers have paid $52.6 million in death benefits since New York's banking and insurance regulator forced the companies to use government data to identify cases where they didn't pay claims.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Policyholder who died in 1970 finally gets death benefits — and so do 8,000 others

New York state orders insurers to track down unpaid claims; $52M forked over in total

By John Goff
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Lincoln may get more defensive with MoneyGuard hybrid

Lincoln National Corp. may raise fees and change its benefits on its popular MoneyGuard Reserve product, a combination of universal life insurance and long-term-care benefits.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
LTCI too pricey even for Uncle Sam as CLASS Act yanked

Executives at life insurance companies can breathe a sigh of relief now that the proposed federal long-term-care insurance program — the CLASS Act — has been killed

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 17, 2012
Advisers, B-Ds step back from The Hartford

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS APR 17, 2012
Advisers find slim pickings as VA market contracts

By Darla Mercado
MetLife to kill VA living benefit this month
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 17, 2012
MetLife to kill VA living benefit this month

Insurer to stop issuing the GMIB Plus IV rider Feb. 24

By Darla Mercado
Bankers Life settles charges it ran unlicensed B-D operations
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 16, 2012
Bankers Life settles charges it ran unlicensed B-D operations

Insurer to pay nearly $10M to close case; states claim carrier had commission arrangement with Uvest, ProEquities

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 06, 2012
Hartford offers wealth management boss $2M bonus to stay for 11 months

By Bloomberg