Darla Mercado

Darla Mercado writes about retirement issues and products, including taxes, annuities and 401(k) plans. She welcomes feedback and tips from readers on interesting topics. Outside of the newsroom, Darla spends her time inline skating, biking, running and swimming. She Tweets at: @Darla_Mercado

Darla Mercado
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SALB story: Loring Ward to offer stand-alone living benefits
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
SALB story: Loring Ward to offer stand-alone living benefits

Turnkey asset manager in talks with Transamerica Life Insurance Co. and The Phoenix Cos. to develop income-producing product

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Lincoln National ordered to make good on insurance in heated Stoli case

Judge finds for claimant in $5 million stoli benefits payment from Lincoln National Life

Prudential settles with 20 states over unclaimed death benefits
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 23, 2012
Prudential settles with 20 states over unclaimed death benefits

Agreement requires insurer to step up cross referencing to locate unpaid beneficiaries

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Lincoln may get more defensive with MoneyGuard hybrid

Lincoln National Corp. may raise fees and change its benefits on its popular MoneyGuard Reserve product, a combination of universal life insurance and long-term-care benefits.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
LTCI too pricey even for Uncle Sam as CLASS Act yanked

Executives at life insurance companies can breathe a sigh of relief now that the proposed federal long-term-care insurance program — the CLASS Act — has been killed

NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 22, 2012
Morgan Keegan ripped by DOL over kickbacks

LPL affiliate scooped up more than 140 new advisers in 2011
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 20, 2012
LPL affiliate scooped up more than 140 new advisers in 2011

Independent Financial Partners aims to push recruitment this year — and add $30 million in GDC

Historic Chapter 11 case could trigger wave of public-pension bankruptcies
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 19, 2012
Historic Chapter 11 case could trigger wave of public-pension bankruptcies

Workers in Northern Mariana look to halt fund's filing for court protection; benefits could be slashed by more than half

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 18, 2012
LPL hikes payout for some advisers

Fee compression faced by retirement advisers encourages firm to up the ante

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 17, 2012
Advisers, B-Ds step back from The Hartford