Student Loan Debt
How advisors can help clients understand the burden of student loan debt and the best ways to reduce, eliminate or manage the debt load.
Why Is Health Care Reform Being Bundled with the Student Loan Industry?
By Heather Trese, Heather TreseWhat do student loans and health reform have in common? According to the Obama administration, apparently a lot.Obama wants to remove banks from the student ...
February 23, 2010
Guardian Sweetens Disability PoliciesGuardian Life Insurance Company of America will now protect the income that medical and dental professionals use to re-pay student loans.
January 11, 2010
Rating Agencies: CMBS Pain Still IncreasingCommercial mortgage-backed securities delinquencies may peak at 12% in 2012, up from about 4.7% at the end of 2009, according to Fitch Ratings.
January 06, 2010
Phoenix To Sell PFG UnitTiptree Financial Partners L.P. has agreed to buy the private placement insurance arm of Phoenix Companies Inc., Phoenix says.
December 22, 2009
Buyers Scoop Up Conseco SharesConseco Inc. has completed a previously announced effort to sell 45 million shares of common stock to the public, and it also has sold 4.5 million in additional shares to the offering underwriters.
December 15, 2009
Aflac Offers $400 Million In Senior NotesAFLAC Inc. announced that it has priced $400 million of 30-year senior notes.
November 05, 2009
Fed Leaves Rates UnchangedThe Fed says that conditions "warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period."
November 03, 2009
HUB May Go ShoppingAn insurance broker has borrowed $200 million from an existing credit facility, and it says it may use some of the cash for "possible acquisitions."