Sales of insurance — as well as investment products — tends to attract more profitable customers; big edge in trust over brokerages
Advisers need to do a better job of helping clients save, says consumer finance expert
MetLIfe, Axa curbs on clients' VA additions a way to rein in market exposure amid tough economy
In a bid to appeal to fee-based and fee-only financial advisers, life insurers are resurrecting a once-forgotten product intended to generate a steady stream of retirement income outside the VA arena.
Life Partners accused of misleading shareholders about mortality estimates; securities or not?
Calculating how much money would have been raised if rates were higher is weird science, at best
Sean Quinn, once Ireland's richest man, lost $1.3B on AIB bet
Skyrocketing costs of private schools has advisers telling clients to consider less-prestigious -- and less expensive -- colleges for their kids
Observers find proposals to be well intended, but say workers have a lot to learn on annuities
One of the founders of Medical Capital Holdings Inc., the issuer of tainted private placements that have devastated dozens of broker-dealers, faces five counts of failing to file a federal income tax return.
Slowly but surely, fee-based and fee-only advisers are beginning to warm up to variable annuities.
In the proposed 2013 budget released today, Obama reprised his call to cap deductions, including tax-exempt interest, for families earning more than $250,000 a year.
