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.
Earnings: MetLife, Lincoln National, Others
By Steve Tuckey> MetLife Inc. is optimistic about its earnings for the year despite the $11.5 billion cost of its pending acquisition of Travelers Life & ...
March 23, 2005
VA Income Options Going Next-GenVA Income Options Going Next-GenbyTraditional annuitization from variable annuities used to be the only way for advisors to offer clients lifetime retirement income. This is ...
March 21, 2005
Scottish Re Files 10-KNU Online News Service, March 21, 2005, 5:09 p.m. ESTA Hamilton, Bermuda, life reinsurer says its final, audited 2004 results were similar to what ...
February 28, 2005
High-Income Uninsured Not So Common: EBRINU Online News Service, Feb. 28, 2005, 8:22 p.m. ESTThe number of high-income individuals without health insurance may not be increasing as fast as ...
February 28, 2005
Earnings: AXA, ING, Manulife, American Equity, OthersThe weakness of the dollar is helping and hurting the revenue of European companies with large U.S. insurance operations.[@@]AXA S.A., Paris, and ING Groep ...
February 23, 2005
DI Opportunity: Salary Continuation PlansByAs a young, single woman in the insurance business, my natural market is with young, single professionals. Therefore, disability income insurance products are among my ...
February 22, 2005
Longtime House Member To Counsel Torchmark UnitNU Online News Service, Feb. 22, 2005, 3:32 p.m. ESTRichard Gephardt has joined a labor advisory board set up by American Income Life Insurance ...
February 18, 2005
Earnings: NFP, Clark, Scottish Re, Assurant, OthersThe broker compensation investigations cast a shadow this week over life and benefits distributors' reports on their latest quarterly results.[@@]National Financial Partners Corp., New ...