Annuities
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Columnists debate: Is Dodd-Frank worth saving?
By Tyler Cowen, Noah SmithThe Dodd-Frank Act was designed to prevent another financial crisis. Critics say it overburdened banks with rules.
February 07, 2017
House panel marks up Medicaid planning annuity billH.R. 181 could affect couples with one spouse in a nursing home.
February 07, 2017
Finance, insurance groups react to Trump's executive ordersMany in the finance industry supported Donald Trump for president expressly because they hoped for the type of decisive action that arrived Friday.
February 07, 2017
Illinois faces further downgrades if budget deal not reachedThe state owes about $130 billion to its workers' pension plans.
February 07, 2017
Trump’s Dodd-Frank do-over diverted to slow lane with ACASome Republicans want to shoehorn changes into a budget reconciliation bill.
February 07, 2017
Matt Levine on the president's financial regulation roll backThe main objection to the Labor Department's fiduciary rule is it might push people who would otherwise get bad retirement advice to instead get no retirement advice. That objection is hard to say with a straight face.
February 06, 2017
Three life insurers report fourth-quarter profitsAmeriprise, Lincoln Financial and Fidelity & Guaranty Life all posted lower annuity sales.
February 06, 2017
Three life insurers report fourth-quarter profitsAmeriprise, Lincoln Financial and Fidelity & Guaranty Life all posted lower annuity sales.