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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 26, 2009
Analysts assess winners and losers in health care reform

Depending on the outcome of health care reform, investment opportunities could be found in a variety of related sectors, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and even certain insurers.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 24, 2009
Hartford slashes 270 jobs in investment products division

The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc. said that it has slashed 270 jobs in its investment products division, eliminating positions in its Planco LLC unit.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 24, 2009
Chubb exec razzes rivals for taking federal aid

Following the company's release of strong second-quarter earnings, John J. Degnan, chief operating officer of The Chubb Corp., yesterday took a dig at competitors for accepting federal aid.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 22, 2009
Annuity fee income hit high for bank holding companies in first quarter

Bank holding companies reaped a record $734.5 million in annuity fee income during the first quarter, according to data from Michael White Associates.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 22, 2009
For young couples, renting may be a better option

Slumping home prices and financial incentives may make homeownership all the more tantalizing for young newlyweds, but advisers warn that renting may be the smarter choice.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 22, 2009
Perceived cost biggest bar to small businesses that offer LTC

Small-business owners are aware that their employees worry about long term care insurance, but the perceived cost of providing workers with that coverage turns employers off, according to data from John Hancock Financial Services Inc.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 20, 2009
NAVA is now the Insured Retirement Institute

Rather than chiefly representing the variable annuities industry, the Washington-based institute will reach out to advisers and their clients through the group's distributor members, acting as a source of information via webcasts, consumer brochures and research.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 19, 2009
Texas mulls rule to enhance disclosures for annuities

The Texas Department of Insurance is mulling a regulation that would mandate disclosure for annuity buyers, but advisers are questioning how effective it would prove to be.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 19, 2009
Advisers' red flag goes up for higher property premiums

Advisers along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are sending a storm warning to their clients: Beware of impending sharp increases in the cost of property insurance or equally steep reductions in coverage.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 17, 2009
Affordable Health Choices Act approved by two key House committees

Two House committees today approved the Affordable Health Choices Act, a health care reform bill that would expand health insurance to 97% of Americans.