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Protectors Vegas 2026 LIVE Coverage

Coverage starts November 9th

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Protective To Adjust Its Sales Strategy In 2014

Protective Life, one of the few life insurers with a consistent track record of successful acquisitions, is honing its life product portfolio to attract more of the mass affluent category of customers…

MetLife Targets Malaysia In Distribution Agreement

MetLife has agreed to seek approval for majority and minority stakes in two life insurance subsidiaries of a Malaysia bank holding company as part of an agreement that includes a long-term distribution deal to sell life insurance through hundreds of banks…

FIO Expresses Deep Reservations About Reserving

States considering the implementation of principle-based reserving (PBR) should exercise “substantial caution,” as few regulators are likely to have the technical expertise to be able to evaluate the internal capital models used by insurers, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) said…

Life 2014 Revenue Growth Outlook Projected At 2.9%

Financial analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods project estimated median operating revenue growth for a group of 14 life carriers at 2.9 percent for 2014 due to stock market performance, rising interest rates, and higher sales of fixed annuities and basic life insurance…

MetLife Predicts 40% Increase In Voluntary And Worksite Sales

In an early indication of how one of the nation’s largest life insurers plans to accelerate sales growth in the voluntary benefits space, MetLife said that it will sell voluntary and worksite products on 10 private health care exchanges next year…

Lincoln Expands Intermediary Sales Force

Wholesale financial services distributor Lincoln Financial Distributors (LFD) has hired three new regional sales directors to expand its intermediary retirement plan sales force and offer more service to retirement plan advisors, the company said…

Indexed Annuities Grow New ‘Must Have’ Features

Guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit riders have been the dominant star of indexed annuity features, but they will soon share billing with several other product features, according to insurance and annuity executives…