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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 10, 2011
Split AIG into two units, former chairman says

Bailed-out insurer AIG should be broken up eventually because its two main businesses have “no strategic fit between them,” according to Harvey Golub, its former chairman

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 09, 2011
Jackson temporarily shuts off access to Stattman fund in VAs

Jackson National Life Insurance Co. has temporarily closed off access to the JNL/BlackRock Global Allocation fund option in the carrier's variable annuities.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 07, 2011
Jackson National to decelerate VA juggernaut

Jackson National has announced it will attempt to slow down sales of it sgenerous variable annuity contracts. How it plans on going about this is another proposition.

Annuity fees a turnoff for clients and advisers
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 03, 2011
Annuity fees a turnoff for clients and advisers

Products are 'difficult to assess,' commission-based distribution seen as a problem

VA-voom! U.S. variable annuity sales up 24%
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 02, 2011
VA-voom! U.S. variable annuity sales up 24%

76-year-old Texas insurance agent gets 15 years for fraud
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 31, 2011
76-year-old Texas insurance agent gets 15 years for fraud

Stole $7M from elderly clients; will get out of prison when he's 91

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 31, 2011
Tax reform delays don't slow efforts to educate Hill

Even though the conventional wisdom in Washington is that Congress won't get around to major tax reform until after the presidential election, financial and insurance companies, and adviser groups are working feverishly to build the foundation for that policy battle

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 29, 2011
This insurer's stock price could rise 32% in the next year, says Bank of America

AIG shares vastly undervalued, analyst says; specter of government ownership still a turn-off

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 27, 2011
MetLife's marketing of asset accounts 'deceptive,' judge says

Case against insurer dismissed, but wording in ruling likely to trigger more litigation, regulatory probes

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 27, 2011
MassMutual, The Hartford skip retained accounts, cut checks for beneficiaries

Insurers among the few that buck industry trend of sending survivors checkbooks -- rather than lump-sum checks

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 27, 2011
'Outraged' legislator's proposal targets retained-asset accounts

Bill requires insurers to disclose how much money they stand to make off the float; 'corporate greed'

Cuomo probing insurers 'secret profits' from grieving families
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 27, 2011
Cuomo probing insurers 'secret profits' from grieving families

Subpoenaeas MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. for information on practice of generating investment income off survivors' death benefits

Fallen soldiers' families denied cash as insurers profit
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 27, 2011
Fallen soldiers' families denied cash as insurers profit

Survivors given checkbook accounts, while insurers retain the assets; 'turning death claims into a profit center'

Jackson's putting brakes on VA sales 'a whiplash'
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 26, 2011
Jackson's putting brakes on VA sales 'a whiplash'

Corporate mandate to slow accelerating sales seen as prudent, but advisers express concerns

Financial firms help Japan
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 26, 2011
Financial firms help Japan

Financial services firms — many with operations in Japan — are opening their corporate pockets in response to the country's disasters.

John Hancock to pony up $1 million to Louisiana in death benefit flap
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 24, 2011
John Hancock to pony up $1 million to Louisiana in death benefit flap

Payment to the Bayou State marks third such settlement for the insurer in less than two months

Connecticut is latest state to probe death benefit payments
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 24, 2011
Connecticut is latest state to probe death benefit payments

Connecticut's insurance department yesterday kicked off an inquiry into insurers' payments of death benefits and the steps the insurance companies take to locate beneficiaries.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 23, 2011
Life carriers' risk controls under scrutiny

Life insurers gird for risk management grilling by advisers
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 23, 2011
Life insurers gird for risk management grilling by advisers

Insurers are girding for a flurry of questions about their risk management from broker-dealers and advisers whose interest has grown following the economic bust.

RETIREMENT RIAS MAY 23, 2011
The Hartford nabs VA exec from Jackson

Steve Kluever has parted ways with Jackson National Life Insurance Co., joining The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and heralding a new push in variable annuity development for the insurer