Policies with built-up cash value are popular vehicles for covering expenses in retirement
May updates show the industry is still struggling with historic low rates.
The number of Alzheimer's sufferers in the U.S. is expected to triple by 2050. Mary Beth Franklin warns that the coming epidemic puts advisers -- and their practices -- at serious risk.
With sales of deferred-income annuities up, carriers see an opportunity
Prudential's decision to raise the price tag on an already pricey VA has some B-Ds thinking twice about pushing the product. Darla Mercado reports.
MetLife has trimmed a third of its adviser force amid a push to save $150 million a year by 2014. Question is, are the job cuts over?
Axa is the latest insurer to drop aggressive VA investment options, moving customers into funds that are less volatile. The shift will affect some 500,000 policies.
Penn Treaty's last financial statement filed in 2008; policyholders in limbo
Insurer close to being spun off in an initial public offering; business to remain the same.
Company provides financial planning, investment advice and lifestyle services, including bill payment, to athletes and entertainers
Various rules apply for spouses, ex-spouses and survivors; did you expect anything different?
More advisers are now considering it but some want the practice banned.
But misunderstandings about the national program abound; poor planning can leave retirees in a bad place
Costs for long-term-care insurance are headed for the stratosphere. Mary Beth Franklin says alternative strategies may be a better deal for some clients.
But critics question whether younger workers should even be buying annuities
