To survive the credit crunch and regain consumer confidence, insurers must strip away the fancy features from their products, said Quincy Krosby, chief investment strategist at The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc.
Insurance executives highlighted the income benefits behind some new annuity solutions and guarantee wrappers, but the costs behind these products may rise in light of a careening market.
The finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations today issued an emergency statement that warned against the surging value of the Japanese yen.
Amid bad news in the financial sector, life insurance executives were urged to fight for clients’ trust in their industry and products at the research organization’s annual meeting in Hollywood, Fla.
With the economy in the throes of a financial crisis, financial advisers have found a silver lining in recent declines in crude-oil prices, but many are still skeptical about jumping into the energy market right away.
Congress is likely to debate another economic-stimulus package soon after it returns to Washington from campaigning for the election, unless the economy shows signs of turning around.
The financial markets' continuing woes are driving some financial advisers to rethink the notion of buying and holding for the long term, opting instead for strategies that look a lot like market timing.
Some longtime bearish market gurus have turned bullish.
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., the pioneer of discount brokerage and the first broker to focus a business unit solely on independent investment advisers, appears to have proved once again that it pays to be first.
Registered investment advisers who are frustrated with getting a blank stare when they tell potential clients that they are independent and not a broker-dealer, are being asked to unite around a new branding campaign called OneVoiceRIA.
LPL Financial plans a spirited defense against claims that it was negligent in its supervision of a rogue broker who allegedly stole $5 million from at least 40 victims, many from his church in Phoenix.
When Dr. Debra Zelinsky decided to buy an office condo in the Chicago area to expand her flourishing neural-optometry practice early this year, she faced a dilemma.
The government rescue plan inevitably will produce many villains.
More than 50 letters that contained threats and an unidentified white powder have been mailed to U.S. financial institutions and government offices.
Great Britain’s second largest life insurer, Prudential PLC, is considering buying some of American International Group Inc.’s business units.
The Treasury Department wants insurance companies to participate in its $700 billion bailout program —and it may take equity stakes in return.
The plaintiff's bar will continue pushing for the elimination of industry arbitrators, said Brian Smiley, the new president of PIABA.
The Department of the Treasury has begun to purchase stakes in several regional banks as the government aims to halt the freeze of the credit markets,
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. reported its first profit drop since 2003 today as weak credit conditions led to a steep decline in inflows.
AIG has borrowed $90.3 billion from the federal government, surpassing its original $85 billion rescue loan.
