Fixed Income
News and analysis of fixed income markets including the key factors affecting performance such as interest rates, Federal Reserve policy and the state of the economy.
VA Living Benefits Get Updates
By Staff WriterThe U.S. arm of a Canadian financial services company has replaced the benefits guarantee options available with the Masters variable annuities with new guarantee options.Sun ...
October 16, 2008
Group LTD Feature Relies On ADL TriggerLincoln National Corp. will be paying extra benefits to group long-term disability insurance claimants with especially serious disabilities.Lincoln, Philadelphia, says it will be selling a ...
September 30, 2008
Learning to live with (and love) suitability"Suitability" looms big in every producer's mind. Your application arrived in the company's mail receptacle via the first delivery of the day. By mid-morning, it is working its way straight to the suitability committee to be
September 16, 2008
Carrier: Small Firm Workers Like HSAsHealth savings account programs seem to be most popular with workers at small employers and with lower-income workers.Researchers at UnitedHealthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group ...
September 08, 2008
MassMutual Updates VA OptionsMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company says it has improved the guaranteed minimum income benefit riders sold along with its MassMutual Transitions Select and MassMutual Evolution ...
August 31, 2008
Helping to protect veterans' LTC coverageQ. I sell LTC insurance in an area with a lot of veterans. I know the Veterans' Administration will pay for LTC coverage in certain situations, which certainly affects my sales. What kind of coverage does the VA provide? A. The
August 27, 2008
Boomer earnings2015 - Estimated earnings peak for early boomers, compared with 2025 for late boomers. $90,000 - Estimated peak earnings for early boomers, compared with...
August 21, 2008
Changing savings strategies58%: Percentage of independent registered investment advisers who expect the S&P 500 to rise in the next six months. 57%: Percentage who attribute that rise to falling energy prices in the second half of the year. 71%: Percentage