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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 25, 2010
Allianz Life's MasterDex X still top of the indexed-annuity heap

Sales of the popular indexed annuity helped Allianz maintain its place as the top seller of IAs.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 25, 2010
Allianz puts kibosh on LTC product

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is pulling its stand-alone long-term-care insurance product off the shelves, effective Friday, according to an announcement the company made internally and to its distribution partners.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 24, 2010
Banks get a boost from annuities, with Wells Fargo leading the way

Fee income from annuity sales climbed at bank holding companies during the first three quarters of 2009, according to data from Michael White Associates LLC.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 23, 2010
In a first, influential legislator looks to preserve secondary market for death benefits

Kentucky state rep – and head of national group of legislators – introduces bill that would preserve right to resell benefits

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 23, 2010
MassMutual sues alleged Ponzi schemer over life insurance

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has taken alleged Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein to court in an attempt to rescind a $15 million life insurance policy.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 23, 2010
MassMutual's field force hits milestone

MassMutual on Wednesday announced that its field force has grown to more than 5,000 representatives, a record level for the 158-year-old insurer.

Slimmer variable annuities attract thin following
NEWS RIAS FEB 22, 2010
Slimmer variable annuities attract thin following

Despite the market's lukewarm reception to John Hancock's slimmed-down variable annuity, other insurers continue to introduce competing products aimed at financial advisers who have usually sidestepped such VAs.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 22, 2010
ING to sell stripped-down VA with stripped-down commission

ING plans to replace its traditional variable annuity offering with a simplified VA product that comes with a scaled-back commission.

NEWS RIAS FEB 21, 2010
The last laugh

For most investors, not having access to their money is a drawback.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 19, 2010
Will ramped-up annuities come back to bite insurers - again?

Nationwide Financial Services Inc. yesterday bumped up its variable annuity living benefits, signaling a return — for some carriers — to the generous benefits that backfired on insurers when the stock market imploded in 2008.