The firm is developing its first fee-based variable annuity, which many experts say is the future of the product line in the qualified market.
MetLife is the second major insurer to exit the brokerage business, in the sale of its adviser unit to MassMutual. Mergers may be on the rise due to the Labor Department's proposed fiduciary rule.
Legal recognition of same-sex couples means fewer complications and new options for investing.
Legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide opens the door for spousal, survivor, disability and Medicare benefits.
Foreign workers and dependents retiring abroad face complicated rules.
Foreign workers and dependents retiring abroad face complicated rules.
Legislators cite a recent TIAA study finding 30% of employees neglect accounts at previous employers when they switch jobs.
The first wave of boomers turns 70½ starting July 1, and must start taking distributions from their retirement savings.
Recent 'Last Week Tonight' segment is just one example of the growing awareness of this issue.
The move would allow insurers to sidestep additional risk in distributing through independent agents.
Studies show publicly available retirement calculators shouldn't be taken at face value.
New offerings for the younger market have made the life insurance industry ripe for disruption.
Plus: Soros fights Brexit with scare tactics, what the Queen thinks about the Brexit vote, the smart-beta evolution, and alternative retirement lifestyles
House Republicans rolled out a tax-reform plan on Friday that would reduce the number of individual rates to three and eliminate many deductions.
Most of the loans' issues have been solved, or at least ameliorated.
The star of a late-night HBO comedy show had some biting words for non-fiduciary brokers, high 401(k) fees and active fund management.
Senior citizens are already working more now than they did in the 1980s and 1990s. But can we raise the retirement age for good?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Wall Street investors are working on how to position their portfolios for a potential Donald Trump presidency.
Sudden withdrawal of DOL's Timothy Hauser from a panel at the Insured Retirement Institute conference was a blunder.
