Merrill Lynch Says AFLAC Faces Tougher Competition In Japan
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, July 26, 11:15 a.m. -- Analysts at Merrill Lynch & Company Inc., New York, predict the sluggish sales that AFLAC ...
July 26, 2001
Cooling Down Agent-Bank Culture ClashesOver 300 agencies can now attest to life after being acquired by a financial institution.Despite varying goals, many agencies and their financial institution partners are ...
July 26, 2001
Bank Annuity Sales: Fixed Still Hot, VAs NotByBanks sold $3.1 billion in individual annuities in May, about $100 million above the April level, but 35% more than in February. Fixed annuities continue ...
July 26, 2001
Technology Enables Customer Access For Retirement ProductsCiting what they see as a growing demand for consumer access to retirement and other benefits accounts, insurers are embracing technology that not only provides ...
July 26, 2001
Speeding Up Underwriting Will Help Banks Penetrate Mid-MarketSpeeding Up Underwriting Will Help Banks Penetrate Mid-MarketByBanks provide a superb opportunity for insurers to penetrate the mid-market because of the huge number of built-in ...
July 26, 2001
Bill Would Ease Some ERISA Rules On Who Would Offer Investment AdviceBill Would Ease Some ERISA Rules On Who Can Offer Investment AdviceByWashington Can life insurance companies and agents that provide services to defined contribution plans ...
July 26, 2001
To The Point: Bobos In ParadiseBobos In ParadiseA little more than a year ago I wrote a column entitled, "Whatever Happened to Elegance?" In it, I decried what Letitia Baldridge, ...
July 26, 2001
Transamerica Sunset Option Targets Estate Tax UncertaintyTransamerica Sunset Option Targets Estate Tax Sunset UncertaintyBy"The Sunset Provision creates so much uncertainty moving forward that we concluded that special consideration is necessary to ...