Issues such as inaccessible customer service, poor broker training, working out how to receive fair compensation, and the lack of dedicated broker “portals” on some websites have given agents and brokers a difficult time with a key section of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…
The insurance carrier insists it issued a formal benefits-denial letter, the plaintiff maintains he never received a notice, and the benefits were never paid for as long as 12 years before the plaintiff renewed his interest in the claim…
The rules are part of a proposal to create baseline standards for professional qualification in the municipal securities market…
Financial advisors can do three things to improve satisfaction among retirement plan sponsors…
It’s time for employer-sponsored plans to take the next step, which is to lift the caps on automatic escalation features and raise the default amounts set aside through automatic enrollment to prevent inertia and backsliding…
The job of the storyteller is to show how life insurance is relevant to a person’s life — or death…
In what some observers are describing as an abrupt departure, Philip Falcone will resign as chairman and CEO of Harbinger Group Inc. (HGI), effective Dec. 1…
The rider is available for WealthPreserve survivorship indexed universal life policyholders…
The variable annuity, known as MetLife Investment Portfolio Architect, offers investors as many as 80 different traditional and alternative investment options…
Genworth Financial has released what it claims is a first-of-its-kind, age-simulation suit designed to help people feel what it’s like to suffer from ailments typically associated with aging and longevity…
Estate planning is not just for the ultra-wealthy…
Third quarter sales of fixed index annuities may have dropped by nearly 8.6 percent from the previous quarter, but annuity producers are hardly singing the blues…
A complex dispute between the teachers’ retirement funds and the life insurer ends up in court…
An ambitious expansion of the company’s producer base is underway, as Penn Mutual strives to meet diversity hiring targets and expand its footprint…
About 8 million Americans are covered by some form of private long-term care insurance benefits…
Young investors find the idea of saving for retirement overwhelming, but they are willing to work with a professional, a survey said…
A recent survey showed that women are not prepared for the loss of a spouse…
Advisors say employees who want to enjoy a comfortable retirement need to defer double-digit percentages of income over an entire lifetime. The earlier they start, the better so their money has time to grow…
Understanding the impact of annuity purchases on future defined benefit plan finances is critical…
