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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2011
Insurer spreads fiduciary umbrella to keep small plans

New York Life Insurance Co. has kicked off a program that will allow agents to meet the tougher fiduciary requirements set by the Labor Department

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 01, 2011
Manulife paying price for lack of hedging

Manulife Financial Corp.'s pre-crisis decision to scrimp on hedging for its variable annuities book appears to be coming back to haunt the Canadian company.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 31, 2011
Rush to Roths as wealthier clients exploit new rules

Affluent investors stampeded to convert IRAs to Roth IRAs last year, particularly at the end of 2010.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 30, 2011
Equities win in Super Bowl

Whichever team walks away victorious from the Super Bowl, investors are likely to be the winners

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 30, 2011
Institutions renew interest in life settlements

Notwithstanding a recent crackdown by the SEC, the market for life settlements — which froze during the credit crisis — is beginning to warm up

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 30, 2011
Life Partners' pitch change is a curveball for investors

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 27, 2011
Embattled Life Partners sued by shareholders

Claim life settlement provider harmed investors by using flawed actuarial statistics

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 27, 2011
Death benefits ruling may make life tough for advisers

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 27, 2011
Prudential is new No. 1 seller of annuities

Prudential Financial Inc. has taken the crown as the biggest seller of variable annuities and overall individual annuities in the U.S. through the first half of this year, according to data released today by LIMRA.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 20, 2011
Court to insurer: You can't triple life insurance premiums

A federal court judge in California has ruled against Conseco Life Insurance Co. in a class action, barring it from hitting some 50,000 policyholders with sky-high rate increases on life insurance policies.