Allianz Consumer Confidence Survey
By staff WriterApproximately one of every two survey respondents said they planned to keep a greater amount of cash reserves in bank accounts over the next 12 months. Some 15% said they plan to invest more strongly in life insurance and annuities and 17% plan
March 31, 2009
Effective strategies for marketing life settlementsMore and more advisors I speak with are either making sure life settlements are a part of their practice or are wondering if they should.
March 31, 2009
Washington announces new terms for Medicare AdvantageThe details of rules governing private Medicare Advantage insurance supplement programs were announced Tuesday, setting in motion the beginning of sweeping changes dictated by the Obama Administration, the Wall Street Journal reported.
March 31, 2009
Advisor confidence spikes at seven-month highA majority of registered investment advisors are in agreement that the U.S. economy will emerge from recession by 2010, according to The Advisor Confidence Index...
March 31, 2009
Guarantees dominate variable annuities amid sharp sales declineAlmost all variable annuities offered include some form of Guaranteed Living Benefit (GLB) according to a survey by Milliman released Tuesday. The firm's new survey of...
March 31, 2009
Well, I Never...Well, here I am in a place I never expected to be-the blogosphere. Part of what this proves, I suppose, is that if you stick ...
March 31, 2009
Live Long and ProsperIn addition to all the other balls the Obama administration is currently juggling, it looks as if it also plans to prevent the possibility of ...
March 30, 2009
Thomas J. McHughThomas J. McHugh, previously of Radnor, Penn.-based McHugh Associates Inc., will join Logan Capital this week.
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