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INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 02, 2009
Dow futures down 125 on AIG loss

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 02, 2009
Ohio names 20 insurers receiving accounting breaks

The Ohio Department of Insurance today released the names of the 20 companies that have raised their surplus levels through approved accounting breaks.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 02, 2009
Conducting employee rollover seminars

The challenge: Because of the increase in corporate layoffs, retirement plan rollovers are becoming more important.

RIAS MAR 02, 2009
Stanford accounts to remain frozen

A federal judge ruled Monday that investor accounts with Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford's financial companies will remain frozen for another 10 days.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 02, 2009
Conseco posts 4Q loss of $406.8M

Conseco Inc. today announced a whopping $406.8 million loss, or $2.20 a share, for the fourth quarter of 2008, and warned it will be late in filing its annual report late.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 02, 2009
Hong Kong hot for investing

The retail-investor market is growing strong in Hong Kong, according to a new report by Celent, a Boston-based research advisory firm.

WIREHOUSES MAR 02, 2009
Judge clears two ex-Smith Barney brokers

Two ex-Smith Barney brokers have been cleared of allegations that they took private client information to their new firm.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 02, 2009
The Dow drops below 7,000; lowest since '97

The Dow Jones industrial average has fallen below 7,000 Monday for the first time in more than 11 years.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 02, 2009
Despite $30B lifeline, AIG’s credit outlook remains bleak

Ratings agencies today painted a bleak outlook for AIG, following news of the insurer’s massive fourth-quarter loss and an additional $30 billion lifeline from the U.S. government.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 01, 2009
Two leading 529 plan groups join forces in Washington

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 01, 2009
Advisers sticking with equities, survey finds

More than half of registered investment advisers responding to a recent survey believed that the market slide made it a good time to invest in stocks, and 93% said their clients were not cashing out their investments.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 01, 2009
NAVA marketing conference notebook

Panelists addressed myriad issues at the annual marketing conference held in New York by NAVA Inc., the Reston, Va.-based variable annuity trade association.

OPINION MAR 01, 2009
Nationalization should be last resort

President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are resisting calls for the nationalization of Citigroup Inc. and perhaps other large banks.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 01, 2009
Following commodity trading advisers

With the stock market down more than 16% in 2009, following a 38% drop last year, the idea of a non-correlated investment strategy has probably never sounded better.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 01, 2009
Finra's VA suitability rule still sticks in B-Ds' craw

Fears of increased paperwork and disclosures related to Finra's variable annuity suitability rule have been realized, with many firms reporting that they are still overburdened by hair-splitting requirements.

INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2009
World stocks lower Friday

INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2009
Economy contracted 6.2% in fourth quarter

INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2009
Government to take 36% stake in Citigroup

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 27, 2009
S&P downgrades 10 insurers

Standard and Poor’s yesterday announced ratings downgrades for 10 major life insurers, including Genworth Financial Inc., Lincoln National Corp. and MetLife Inc.

INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2009
Analyst: New UBS chief may sell PaineWebber

Oswald Grubel, the new chief executive of beleaguered UBS AG will likely will take a “fresh, hard look” at the Swiss banking giant’s retail-brokerage business.