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Insurers are embracing the potential of artificial intelligence, but regulators are slowly catching up with new rules to guard against discrimination and protect privacy.
Federal regulators are taking yet another crack at extending a fiduciary rule to annuity sales, this time with tighter messaging and full-throated White House backing.
Third-quarter annuity sales increased 11% year-over-year to $89.4 billion, according to preliminary results from LIMRA’s U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey.
A federal appeals court last week denied Security Benefit’s request for a full court review of a lawsuit claiming the insurer misrepresented how much investors stood to gain on certain fixed annuities.
A union opposed to a Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance deal to acquire an Iowa insurer is trying an old-fashioned method to get regulators’ attention: billboard advertising.
There are plenty of good annuity products that make sense inside responsible, holistic financial plans, said David Blanchett, adjunct professor of wealth management at The American College of Financial Services.
While pension risk transfer (PRT) deals continue to break records, federal regulators are nearing a deadline for review and recommendations of the important Interpretative Bulletin 95-1.
A Securities and Exchange Commission rule attempting to address conflicts of interest created by use of predictive data analytics could stifle access to much-needed retirement products, industry groups say.
Financial reporting documents by Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance and an insurer it acquired last year are raising renewed questions about private equity control over policyholder funds.
Legislation to hold dental providers to a minimum expenditure of funds on patient care might be a win for consumers, but it’s also driving providers from the market, critics say.
A lawsuit against Pacific Life by a Washington couple dissatisfied with a PDX indexed universal life policy is back on track after a round of refilings.