The funded status of the nation’s largest corporate pension plans dipped in April, reversing months of improving trends, according to a pair of pension index reports…
There’s no easy fix in slowing the spending growth of Medicare, only how much pain Americans are willing to bear, according to a new analysis on the sustainability of the nation’s most far-reaching and expensive health insurance program…
Cutbacks in the government’s Medicare Advantage program could slow the growth in health insurers’ earnings later this year and into 2014, according to several executives at the nation’s largest health insurance companies…
Pacific Life has introduced a new variable annuity giving investors and advisors the ability to select features and fees…
Humana is looking to meet the demand for the annual Medicare open enrollment period in the fall, so it is adding an estimated 500 telesales specialists and leadership jobs nationally to its full-time Direct Marketing Services (DMS) telesales workforce…
Financial advisors need to help pre-retirees and retirees secure peace of mind by preparing them for the “curve balls” that life after work is likely to throw their way, according to a trio of retirement and wealth management experts…
Senior insurance executives report strong demand and firm pricing in the voluntary benefits (VB) category as more Americans have access to major medical coverage due to health reform and look to VB coverage to fill in the gaps…
With only three in 10 financial advisors being female and 70 percent of women preferring to work with a female advisor, the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) has launched an initiative to identify new strategies to recruit women into the field…
Andrew J. Bowden, a legal, compliance and examination expert with significant oversight of financial advisors and broker-dealers, has been promoted to director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations…
Judging by all the certified expert financial advisors working today, retirees would seem to have nothing to worry about, even those without quite enough put away to last them until the day they die…
It’s a great time to be a personal financial advisor, according to the latest occupational outlook statistics published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…
Employees in manufacturing, health care and education are underinsured for disability insurance and income protection, an analysis by Colonial Life & Accident reveals…
First-year premium income for Asset-Care, a life insurance product with long-term care benefits, rose 28 percent in 2012 over the previous year, according to State Life Insurance Co…
When it comes to consumers making personal health care choices, is there a cautionary tale with their experience managing 401(k) plans?…
Genworth has made it official. Effective June 1, it will cease selling AARP-branded long-term care insurance through its Genworth Life Insurance Co. and Genworth Life Insurance Co. of New York companies…
On the same day, three sellers of variable annuities — Prudential Annuities, Jackson National and Jefferson National — said they would expand their portfolios of variable annuity investment choices and add new fund managers to their roster…
Following in the footsteps of health insurance exchanges being set up by health and benefits brokers around the country, Transamerica Retirement Solutions has launched a retirement exchange to help small businesses…
Here is a good one for annuity buffs. What is the top reason that adults aged 40-plus buy deferred annuities? Growth potential, perhaps? Maybe tax deferral? How about tax deferral plus liquidity? What about the product guarantees?…
By Cyril Tuohy InsuranceNewsNet Jackson National, a provider of retirement products and services for consumers and professionals, is adding new…
