People who are making financial preparations for retirement typically plan for expenses such as housing or health care but easily overlook one of the most significant categories that can affect their savings — taxes
Tax man offers partial amnesty that 'gives people a chance to come in before we find them'
MetLife Inc.'s announcement last week that it will stop writing new long-term-care insurance shocked advisers, raising fears that rates will rise for existing blocks of business and that other carriers will exit the industry.
State insurance regulators are not likely to approve John Hancock's recently announced long-term-care rate hikes, denting third-quarter profits for the insurer's parent company, Manulife Financial Corp., according to analysts.
Average premium for existing policyholders could go up by 40%; 'lot of explaining' to do
The costs of long-term-care continue to rise, although at a slower pace than before the economic slowdown as nursing homes and home health care providers reduce charges.
Settlement provider lowers advertised rate of return from 12% to 7%; litigation ahead?
A machinery manufacturer last week sued New York Life Insurance Co., claiming it had lost money in variable universal life policies that were invested in funds linked to the Madoff scandal. Experts say similar suits are likely to follow.
Retirement plan administrator says insurance group ran a pay-to-be-on-the-platform scheme
Expanded definition of 'fiduciary' likely to hamstring funds that work with plan sponsors and participants.
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New York Life Insurance Co. has kicked off a program that will allow agents to meet the tougher fiduciary requirements set by the Labor Department
High hidden fees, long surrender periods just some of the pitfalls, argues ex-Treasury official Smetters; insurers, agents beg to differ
Manulife Financial Corp.'s pre-crisis decision to scrimp on hedging for its variable annuities book appears to be coming back to haunt the Canadian company.
American International Group Inc. is at a point in its recovery where the insurer's next chief executive will be able to focus on running day-to-day operations rather than crisis management, observers said.
Affluent investors stampeded to convert IRAs to Roth IRAs last year, particularly at the end of 2010.
Investors in hedge funds and limited partnerships are used to receiving these forms, which reflect an investor's proportionate share of a partnership's taxable income or loss
Notwithstanding a recent crackdown by the SEC, the market for life settlements — which froze during the credit crisis — is beginning to warm up
