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INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 14, 2011
Morningstar cuts ratings on funds from DWS, Schwab target series

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 14, 2011
Insurers on more solid footing this time

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 12, 2011
Adviser SRO teams with fi360 to ready its fiduciary exam

The exam brings the SROIIA a little bit closer to acting as a self-regulatory organization over investment advisers. But will the SEC approve?

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 12, 2011
Ratings drop for U.S. won't hurt insurers, Moody's says

Four major life insurers with pristine Aaa ratings are likely to hold on to their status, provided that the United States' government bond rating doesn't fall by more than one rung

Second time around, life insurers braced for downturn: UBS
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 11, 2011
Second time around, life insurers braced for downturn: UBS

Ameriprise, MetLife and Prudential among those favored in a plummeting market

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Hancock to pony up $1 million to La. in death benefit flap

The state of Louisiana will collect about $1 million in a settlement with John Hancock Life Insurance Co. as part of a massive investigation into the insurer's payment of death benefits

Probe widens, as California examines how 10 life insurers handle dormant policies
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Probe widens, as California examines how 10 life insurers handle dormant policies

The ten largest life insurers doing business in California are under the microscope over the way they handle dormant life insurance policies.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Probe of insurers widens to include financial gain

Florida's insurance cop is looking into whether insurers' alleged failure to deliver deceased clients' death benefits promptly may have boosted the companies' financials

Insurers' financials attract scrutiny in light of death benefit row
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Insurers' financials attract scrutiny in light of death benefit row

Florida's insurance regulator is looking into whether insurers' alleged failure to deliver deceased clients' death benefits promptly may have had an impact on the companies' financial statements and reserves.

Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 03, 2011
Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures

Lincoln Trust and Great-West claim the Labor Department's disclosure rules don't go far enough when it comes to fixed general account fees for insurers.