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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 10, 2009
Life insurers seen getting back in black by year-end

Life insurers will be back in the black at the end of the year, reaping an estimated $16 billion in profits, according to new research from Conning Research and Consulting.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 09, 2009
Controversial accounting change will boost insurers' capital reserves

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 08, 2009
West Virginia's Jane Cline tabbed to head NAIC

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners named its 2010 leaders today, with Jane Cline, West Virginia's insurance commissioner, assuming the presidency.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 07, 2009
SEC, Finra agree more clarity needed in regulation of life settlements

NEWS RIAS DEC 07, 2009
As insurers gain in wealth management race, hurdles remain high

In the long battle to position themselves as wealth managers, life insurance companies still have to prove to financial advisers that they can do more than sell annuities.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 06, 2009
CLASS Act still alive in Senate

The debate over health care reform may be getting even more rancorous, but the Senate still aims to keep a provision that would create a government program for long-term care.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 06, 2009
Avast, ye! Somali pirates create an exchange for stolen loot

Market forces work everywhere — even, it would seem, on the high seas.

NEWS RIAS DEC 06, 2009
Firm's new leader has his sights set on new frontiers

Rolling out of the recession, Aspiriant LLC's newly chosen leader has set his sights on eastward expansion, turning the steering wheel away from sunny California and toward the Midwest.

NEWS RIAS DEC 06, 2009
Serving the stewards is focus of firm with Christian clientele

Ronald Blue & Co. LLC and its chief executive, Russ Crosson, have put their faith in charity.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 03, 2009
Swiss Re offers $75M catastrophe bond

Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. today introduced a $75 million catastrophe bond, covering extreme mortality risks.