Life Insurance And Annuities

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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 29, 2008
Insurance groups clash over regulation

Insurance industry representatives and regulators could not agree on moving ahead with comprehensive reform legislation.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 28, 2008
Allianz taps new CFO

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America of Minneapolis today named Giulio Terzariol chief financial officer.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 25, 2008
United Healthcare hit with hefty fine

The insurance company will pay $786,655.87 as part of a settlement with the North Carolina insurance department.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 25, 2008
Long term care issues addressed at hearing

Consumer protections and state partnership arrangements with insurance companies were among the topics.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 24, 2008
Insurer fined $20M for lax practices

HealthMarkets Inc. faces up to $10 million in additional penalties if it doesn’t meet disclosure and oversight standards.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 23, 2008
NYLI launches five-year fixed annuity

The Select 5 fixed-interest annuity is a single-premium product that is guaranteed for five years.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 21, 2008
Settlement reached in ‘living trust mill’ suit

American Equity Investment Life Insurance has settled a class action for $16.4 million over abusive annuity sales.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 15, 2008
AIG’s rating slashed by analyst

A downgrade by a Wachovia analyst sent American International Group shares tumbling to a 52-week low.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 14, 2008
State insurance regulators are angry about EIA proposal

State insurance regulators are displeased with the Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities regulators about a proposal that would regulate equity index annuities as securities rather than as insurance products, and one state insurance regulator is meeting with SEC Chairman Christopher Cox this week to address those grievances.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 14, 2008
Agents express concern about higher costs and loss of control over production

Insurance agents who work primarily with equity index annuities say the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to regulate the products as securities would impose greater costs on their firms and hand over control of their production to broker-dealers.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 08, 2008
Marsh gets boost from Citi analyst

The ratings have been raised to “buy,” from “hold,” and the target price has been upped to $33 per share, from $30.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 02, 2008
AIG's Sullivan scores $47 million severance

Former chief executive Martin Sullivan's package includes equity and cash awards valued around $28 million.

RETIREMENT ALTERNATIVES JUL 01, 2008
Hedge fund investors offered fraud insurance

Hedge fund investors now have the ability to insure themselves against fraud or even the allegation of fraud.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 30, 2008
Subprime exposure afflicts Security Benefit Life Insurance

Analysts concerned about Security Benefit Life Insurance Co.'s investments in subprime-mortgage-backed securities have cut the firm's financial ratings and are keeping a careful eye on the Topeka, Kan., carrier.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 30, 2008
Mathas takes reins as NYLI chief

Ted Mathas' promotion makes him the New York-based company’s 18th CEO in its 163-year history.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 30, 2008
NAVA and IBM join to standardize VA sales

The model aims to create an industry standard to streamline the process of selling VA contracts and simplify compliance.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 30, 2008
Mutual funds face competition from ETFs, VAs and others

The combined total launches last year of exchange traded funds, variable annuities and closed-end funds surpassed open-end mutual fund launches for the first time, according to Boston-based research firm Cerulli Associates Inc.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 26, 2008
Caring for parents will cost boomers

Boomers, already strapped for cash, stand to lose even more money by caring for their parents, according to Fidelity Investments in Boston.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 26, 2008
Pre-retirees to pull 10% from accounts

Nearly half of pre-retirees believe they can withdraw 10% annually from their retirement savings, according to MetLife’s Mature Market Institute survey.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 25, 2008
A.M. Best downgrades Security Benefit Life

A.M. Best Co. today downgraded Security Benefit Life Insurance Co.’s financial strength rating to A- from A.