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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Hancock to pony up $1 million to La. in death benefit flap

The state of Louisiana will collect about $1 million in a settlement with John Hancock Life Insurance Co. as part of a massive investigation into the insurer's payment of death benefits

Probe widens, as California examines how 10 life insurers handle dormant policies
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Probe widens, as California examines how 10 life insurers handle dormant policies

The ten largest life insurers doing business in California are under the microscope over the way they handle dormant life insurance policies.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Probe of insurers widens to include financial gain

Florida's insurance cop is looking into whether insurers' alleged failure to deliver deceased clients' death benefits promptly may have boosted the companies' financials

Insurers' financials attract scrutiny in light of death benefit row
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 05, 2011
Insurers' financials attract scrutiny in light of death benefit row

Florida's insurance regulator is looking into whether insurers' alleged failure to deliver deceased clients' death benefits promptly may have had an impact on the companies' financial statements and reserves.

Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 03, 2011
Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures

Lincoln Trust and Great-West claim the Labor Department's disclosure rules don't go far enough when it comes to fixed general account fees for insurers.

MetLife may sell bank to escape Dodd-Frank
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 29, 2011
MetLife may sell bank to escape Dodd-Frank

Stricter regs could hurt carrier's core businesses; MetLife Bank accounts for mere 2% of earnings

Why is MetLife charging into business that others are exiting?
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 29, 2011
Why is MetLife charging into business that others are exiting?

Insurer MetLife moving into the business in a big way, while banks back out. Says one industry consultant: 'They must know something I don't know.'

Insurers may be sitting on $1B in death benefits
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 29, 2011
Insurers may be sitting on $1B in death benefits

Florida insurance commissioner worried carriers spending more energy on collecting premiums than paying out on policies

Insurance cops grill MetLife, Nationwide on death benefits
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 29, 2011
Insurance cops grill MetLife, Nationwide on death benefits

Insurance regulators questioned MetLife Inc. executives today at a hearing in Florida as they sought to understand the insurer's death benefit settlement practices.

RETIREMENT FINTECH JUL 27, 2011
Raymond James to launch annuity matchmaking tool

New software tool will help advisers scan for the best variable annuity option for a client.

Triple-A rated insurers can handle a mild downgrade of U.S. debt
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 22, 2011
Triple-A rated insurers can handle a mild downgrade of U.S. debt

The ratings of four major life insurers with pristine Aaa ratings are likely to hold steady, provided the U.S.'s government bond rating doesn't fall by more than one rung.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 21, 2011
Insurers getting plenty of mileage out of long-term-care hybrids

Pearl Neier, 85, decided against long-term-care insurance after hearing about the policies from AARP, the group that lobbies for older Americans

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 21, 2011
MetLife names Goulart as new CIO

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, selected Steven J. Goulart as chief investment officer to oversee a portfolio valued at more than $450 billion.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 20, 2011
Illinois securities cops revoke licenses of reps for annuity sales

The Illinois Securities Department has revoked the registration of two investment adviser representatives for inappropriately liquidating clients' annuities to fund the purchase of fixed-indexed annuities

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 20, 2011
Market lifts variable annuity assets to all-time high

Assets in variable annuities reached an all-time high in the first quarter of the year. Cash inflows helped, but the high-flying stock market was the real reason the coffers bulged.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 19, 2011
Finra to revamp market exams for broker-dealers

GAO's financial advice: Hold off on Social Security, buy an annuity
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 19, 2011
GAO's financial advice: Hold off on Social Security, buy an annuity

A new study by the Government Accountability Office predicts that middle-class workers may well outlive retirement savings. The solution, the GAO says, is for workers to hold off on taking Social Security -- and buy annuities.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 13, 2011
Guidance imminent on 401(k) income products

The Treasury Department will soon offer guidance on lifetime income options in 401(k) plans with the aim of curbing the number of individuals who are likely to outlive their retirement savings.

American Beacon books power trio to subadvise go-anywhere offering
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 12, 2011
American Beacon books power trio to subadvise go-anywhere offering

Pimco, Brandywine and GAM will co-manage firm's new flexible bond fund

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 12, 2011
Financial advisers, insurers hail GAO plug for immediate annuities