Annuities
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Hartford Returning to Structured Settlement Market
By Staff WriterHartford Life Insurance Company is getting back into the structured settlement annuity business in an effort to expand overall annuity sales.
August 22, 2011
Wolters Kluwer: Market Conduct Danger ZonesNoncompliant forms lead the list of issues state market conduct examiners cite when dinging life and health insurers.
August 22, 2011
Dietrich: Pension Disposal Climate So-SoDefined-benefit pension plan sponsors may find that current annuity rates make shedding unwanted pension obligations possible but not especially appealing.
August 22, 2011
Theodore Krause, 100: Still SellingAXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has released a short video about Theodore Krause, a 100-year-old life insurance agent who is still working with clients just about every business day.
August 22, 2011
Hartford Returning to Structured Settlement MarketHartford Life Insurance Company is getting back into the structured settlement annuity business in an effort to expand overall annuity sales.
August 22, 2011
Cerulli: Some Middle-Market Retirement TPAs Still GrowingAbout 32% of the third-party administrators that run small and midsize defined contribution retirement plans expanded their client base between 2009 and 2010.
August 22, 2011
Cerulli: Wirehouse Channel Losing GroundThe dually registered advisor channel could control 8.5% of client assets in 2012, according to Cerulli Associates Inc.
August 22, 2011
NAIC Eyes Separate Account RulesA subgroup at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is asking whether the current regulatory framework for separate accounts makes sense, and whether guarantees have a legitimate place in a separate account.