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Pimco: A debt bet to avoid
The rally in bonds from real estate investment trusts that's made property debt the best performer this year is overdone as a slowing economy may threaten their performance, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.
Academic promotes government bonds to hedge longevity risk
"Longevity bonds" would be issued by the government and would act as a hedge for pension plans and insurers.
S&P: Getting healthy, wealthy and wise
Standard & Poor's Equity Research's fundamental outlook for the health care services industry for the next 12 months is positive.
VA sales up, fixed annuities down, in first quarter
Variable annuity sales increased during the first quarter, while sales of fixed annuities slipped.
Big insurers launching fee-based annuities
In an attempt to appeal to dually registered advisers, major life insurers are launching fee-based annuities.
Coming soon: More guaranteed-income products
Industry leaders say advisers and consumers want simpler, cheaper annuities
Regulators mull responses to R.I. decision on annuities
Several state insurance regulators are considering changes that could make sales of variable annuities more burdensome for financial advisers and agents, and may even discourage the use of such investments in certain situations.
Prudential fails in bid to cut price of AIA takeover
Prudential Plc's attempt to cut the price of its $35.5 billion takeover of American International Group Inc.'s main Asian unit failed, leaving the biggest purchase in the U.K. insurer's history on the verge of failure.
Health savings account enrollment on rise
Enrollment in high-deductible health insurance plans linked to health savings accounts continues to surge, with the biggest growth in plans offered by larger employers.
Allianz chief wants bigger piece of indexed-life market
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, already a major player in the indexed-annuity arena, is looking to grab a bigger share of the indexed-life-insurance market.
New crop of variable annuities add tax, commodity, LTC features
Like September for Detroit, May is the month when variable annuity insurers reveal their new offerings. And this…
VA companies ready summary prospectuses
An insurance industry effort to make summary prospectuses permissible for variable annuities is being received warmly by broker-dealers, despite doubts that the complex products can be described adequately in abbreviated form.
Jackson Life hit record sales, earnings in ’09
The insurer's sales and deposits rose 8% to a record $15.2 billion last year. The firm also reported record net income of $670 million, compared with a $1 billion net loss in 2008.
LTC carriers reeling from low rates, lack of rate hikes
Further complicating matters, the LTC business requires large amounts of capital, which puts added pressure on carriers that issue the policies
Advisers count on reform bill to spotlight LTC planning
Clients may not be knocking down the doors to participate in the long-term-care-insurance program created last week by the passage of health care reform, but advisers are optimistic the program's existence will spur more discussion around the benefits of LTC planning.
Jackson National Life not relocating to Music City
The carrier announced, however, that it will add 400 employees to an operation in Franklin, Tenn., just outside of Nashville.
Insurance agents’ gameplan
Most financial services companies invest heavily in new field agents, only to see one out of every two leave within two years. What's their gameplan?
Merrill Lynch: Wealthy afraid of health care costs, retirement
The percentage of survey respondents who said they are concerned about whether their assets will last throughout their lifetime rose to 61% last quarter, from 53% in the fourth quarter.
Andrew Lo on ‘Geriatric Finance’: When the planning needs to start
Investors should plan now for when and how financial decisions should be made if they become impaired, says investment strategist and professor Andrew Lo.
Forget Conseco – now it’s CNO Financial
Financial services company with troubled past changes corporate name; 'new beginning'