Tool will enable IRI member firms to project how much retirees will spend on health care.
Building Social Security benefits into your clients' retirement income plans? You might want to think again. Mary Beth Franklin on the "ugly truth" of what's eating that income.
As deadline for federal insurance looms, advisers report mixed results
Former AIG Life and Retirement executive to oversee nonfinancial operations at alternative investment shop.
Insurer offers voluntary lump-sum payments to about 13,500 workers who have left the company and haven't yet started receiving pension payments.
Analyst forecasts share repurchase of $1.05 billion, debt paydown of $350 million.
Popular products promise guaranteed 2% interest – beating returns for certificates of deposit
Even after 54% drop in VA sales over the last year, the carrier is optimistic about sales with new mix of products.
A new report offers a look into the popularity behind indexed and structured product annuities
Lincoln National's variable annuity deposits hit $3.4 billion at the life insurer during the third quarter, reflecting a 56% increase from the year-ago period, but execs want to shift more to contracts without living benefits.
Seven-week block applies only to products with guaranteed living benefits, not fixed and indexed annuities.
Annuities, individual municipal bonds and equities in the pharmaceutical sector hold good prospects for clients seeking retirement income.
The inability to manage money is one of the earliest indications that a client may have Alzheimer's disease
A New York regulator alleges that the insurer limited the returns of legacy variable annuity clients.
The SEC charged a pair of brokers, an investment adviser and others in an $80 million variable annuity scam that an SEC official called a "calculated fraud exploiting terminally ill patients."
Retirement expert Mary Beth Franklin details the importance of adjusting client investment portfolios to cover the costs of long-term care.
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