A look behind the sizzling sales figures in the second quarter…
By Cyril Tuohy InsuranceNewsNet John Hancock has announced the launch of a streamlined variable universal life insurance product, which…
While proponents of private exchanges tout the ability of exchanges to control costs, employers appear to have more of a mixed view…
Single parents are making tough financial calls that could sabotage their retirement…
The repercussions of the underreporting and nondisclosure surrounding pension liabilities mean that retail and institutional financial advisors, fund managers and investors are exposed to risks they don’t know about…
Lincoln Wealth Preserve, the company’s first survivorship indexed universal life policy (SIUL), will offer a tax-efficient estate planning strategy while allowing policyholders to accumulate cash and even generate potential income, the company said…
Plenty of financial advisors are on record as questioning the wisdom of investing in alternative funds and strategies…
A survey shows that workers place a high value on their employer-sponsored defined contribution plans…
A new analysis shows what nonqualified deferred compensation plan participants really think of their plans…
Annuities delivered big in the latest round of quarterly earnings thanks to higher interest rates and fatter portfolios’ swelling fee income…
Sagging sales are prompting some restructuring at Aflac…
By Linda Koco InsuranceNewsNet Changes under way in the life insurance underwriting processes relating to data analytics also have an…
By Cyril Tuohy InsuranceNewsNet Fee income from its annuity, asset management and retirement business, helped Prudential swing to profit in…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) levied fines worth $42.4 million against broker/dealers and other intermediaries in the first six months of 2014…
What Scott Adams had to say about the financial advice profession in a recent blog post and how industry leaders reacted…
American International Group (AIG) Life and Retirement Division, which includes its life and annuities business, delivered sales of $7.4 billion in premiums and deposits in the second quarter, an increase of 9 percent compared to the year-ago period…
Details of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on how managed accounts are structured…
An episode of the news program that depicted annuity sales practices involving seniors is at the heart of a defamation lawsuit…
What makes the elderly a perfect target for corrupt financial advisors…
