Although improving financial markets have helped lift some life insurance carriers, the firms still have a ways to go before they recover fully, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.
Attorneys and executives at broker-dealer firms are questioning the extent of National Financial Partners Corp.'s potential liability in a civil suit involving a failed life settlement transaction at an NFP affiliate.
New, higher assessments by the Securities Investor Protection Corp. are causing ”sticker shock” at several broker-dealers, particularly independent-contractor firms.
Low-cost mutual funds make up most of the assets in 401(k) plans, according to a study released yesterday by the Investment Company Institute, a Washington-based industry trade group.
American International Group Inc. said today director Harvey Golub will become Monday its non-executive chairman, replacing retiring Chairman Edward M. Liddy. Golub, 70, was elected to the AIG board in May 2009.
A federal judge in Miami is due to learn if a settlement has been finalized in the high-stakes attempt by the U.S. government to obtain names of suspected tax evaders with secret accounts at Swiss bank UBS AG.
Standard & Poor's Rating Services today downgraded The Phoenix Cos. Inc., a day after the insurer reported a huge second-quarter loss.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has slapped Ameritas Investment Corp. with a fine after one of its brokers encouraged clients to buy unsuitable variable universal life insurance policies to help pay for college costs and retirement.
The Ohio Department of Insurance is examining storied insurance firm Barry Kaye Associates Inc. after a civil suit on a failed life settlements transaction accused the firm of fraud and negligence.
Conseco Inc. reaped a second-quarter profit of $27.6 million, or 15 cents a share, marking its second consecutive quarter in the black.
The New York-based insurance broker and consulting firm said it lost $193 million, or 37 cents per share. It earned $65 million, or 12 cents per share, during the same quarter last year.
The median asset levels in 401(k) plans dropped at least 15% from yearend 2007 to mid-June 2009, but the affluent and wealthy saw much heftier losses, according to a report released yesterday.
Although improving financial markets have helped lift some life insurance carriers, the firms still have a ways to go before they recover fully, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.
Bank holding companies raked in $3.03 billion in insurance brokerage fee income during the first quarter, down from $3.21 billion a year earlier, according to a report.
MetLife Inc. ended the second quarter in the red, reporting a net loss of $1.4 billion, or $1.74 per share.
Annuities will continue to take a back seat to other insurance and wealth management products at Genworth Financial, according to the insurer's finance chief.
An Ohio man has sued life settlements and insurance guru Barry Kaye's firm, alleging that the firm encouraged him to buy a $5 million life policy and left him hanging when it couldn't find a buyer on the secondary market.
The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc. booked a $15 million loss, or 6 cents per share, for the second quarter.
Commercial and personal property insurer Travelers Cos. said today that lower investment income and underwriting profit drove its second-quarter earnings down 21 percent.
Health insurer Cigna Corp. said today its second-quarter profit jumped 60 percent on a more favorable interest rate and other items, but enrollment fell 7 percent.
