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The American Council of Life Insurers weighed in on the proposed rules for illustrating index universal life insurance…
Walter Bettinger II said it would be better for the industry to have one set of rules, regardless of who leads or who “goes first.”
Consumer representatives of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have asked the panel to go back to the drawing board in its year-long effort to craft new rules on indexed universal life (IUL) insurance illustrations…
MetLife’s challenge to its designation as a systemically important financial institution (SIFI) is “meritless” and should be dismissed, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argues in a filing in Federal Court…
Senate legislation aimed at curbing federal regulation of insurance is running into headwinds, and markup of the legislation by the…
The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday will take up legislation aimed at ensuring state regulators have a role in establishing international insurance rules…
Twenty-six members of Congress have entered the fray surrounding an extension of the comment period on the Department of Labor’s fiduciary proposal…
WASHINGTON – The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday will take up legislation aimed at ensuring state regulators have a role…
MetLife’s FlexChoice variable annuity with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit was instrumental in the company’s meeting its target of increasing overall annuity sales 50 percent from 2014 to 2015…
MetLife’s FlexChoice variable annuity with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit was instrumental in the company’s meeting its target of increasing overall annuity sales 50 percent from 2014 to 2015…
The insurers who are being assessed are smaller insurers that were not targets of the multi-state investigation of larger insurers…
Underserved Americans include a “significant” segment with substantial assets to invest, according to Deloitte..
Private equity firms interested in buying life insurance companies are not looking to hit home runs, but singles and doubles…
AIG filed suit in New York seeking dismissal of a March 27 lawsuit filed against it by the asset management company PIMCO…
WASHINGTON – The new fiduciary standard proposed by the Labor Department targets the sale of securities products such as variable…
WASHINGTON — Congressional members want to intervene on behalf of state regulators to ensure that international insurance rules being negotiated…
WASHINGTON – The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) said its members believe there are flaws in the process for…
WASHINGTON – Concerns about the problems associated with use of captives by insurers and the fact they also provide a…
Allstate has completed the divestiture of Lincoln Benefit Life, which included Allstate’s entire deferred fixed annuity and long-term care insurance businesses…
WASHINGTON – Allstate has completed the divestiture of Lincoln Benefit Life, which included Allstate’s entire deferred fixed annuity and long-term…
