Sales of indexed annuities surged to $8.4 billion, growing 18% from the first quarter. Meanwhile, income annuities climbed 30% to $2.3 billion during the same period.
Financial advisers are recommending a mix of tools to fund college tuition, the most popular of which are Section 529 college savings plans and trust accounts, according to a new survey.
Aviva Life & Annuity Co. this month amended its lawsuit against six insurance agents in an alleged charity-owned life insurance scheme, claiming that the parishioners of a Los Angeles church were coached to lie to the insurer about the source of premiums for their coverage
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., the prospective owner of Securities America Inc., is offering bonuses to keep the firm's brokers on board and probably won't see an exodus, given the volatility of the stock market
Provision allows deceased to pass on exemption to spouse; expires in 2013
State regulators are intensifying a probe into unpaid benefits after Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said in May that insurers may be keeping at least $1 billion in unclaimed funds.
The black swan was meant to be a rallying cry for preparedness. Instead it has become the opposite: a loathsome excuse for lack of planning by those who should know better.
Advisers are lagging banks and retail brokerages when it comes to providing useful tools on smart phones and tablets — and the average investor notices it.
Rogers says investors should jump on stocks, particularly those in the energy sector; bullion lacks 'any real yield or value'
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When it comes to brokerage firm websites, designed to inform investors about their transactions, one of the first things one would think they'd get right would be providing them with their account information. Apparently, they don't.
The justices today turned away an appeal by 17 current and former company financial advisers who sought to press a class action race-discrimination suit against Merrill Lynch.
Hang on for a rough ride as the European sovereign-debt crisis continues
A special group of financial advisers who have demonstrated exceptional charitable leadership were honored last Wednesday at the fifth annual Community Leadership Awards
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking public comment on financial products aimed especially at members of the military.
Even 3,000 miles away, Tim Pinkney, an adviser with the Savant Group in Citrus Heights, Calif., deeply felt the shock waves of 9/11
It is difficult to tell what impact the loss will have on the Pershing LLC unit of BNY Mellon
The company's contract is an actively managed portfolio of investments that will send 2% each year to one or more charities that the investor chooses.
Financial advisers who broach the topic of philanthropy with clients don't have to know how to reforest denuded land in Moldova or how to structure a scientific advisory board
A research firm predicts that the number of B-Ds in operation could drop from 4,540 to 4,000 by 2014. And bear in mind, that's a net figure. Meaning? A lot more than 540 brokerages will get bought or go belly up in the next few years.
