Life Insurance
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Moody's: Insurers Dive into Book Value Wraps Despite Risks
By Michael K. StanleyInsurance companies are increasingly becoming involved in the stable value wrap business due to strong ROEs and minimal allocated capital.
August 08, 2012
A year later, S&P downgrade of U.S. looks like a dud (Washington Times)Still, one benefit of the downgrade, says Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at HIS Global Insight, is that it focused on the need to do something about Americas debt.
August 08, 2012
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s big ideas for saving the economy? Not this election (Christian Science Monitor)The presidential race is running so close that neither side wants to do anything that will give the other something to shoot at. This trench warfare will only get nastier as negative advertising starts to increase.
August 07, 2012
Consumer Financial Protection Agency to Investigate Mortgage InsurersThe Consumer Financial Protection Agency is conducting a broad investigation into mortgage insurers business practices amid allegations of illegal kickbacks to bankers in order to gain access to customers in need of private mortgage insurance.
August 07, 2012
Is dad’s life insurance through work enough?Is it too late for a 55-year-old man with a wife and teenage child to get life insurance?
August 07, 2012
Is dad’s life insurance through work enough?Is it too late for a 55-year-old man with a wife and teenage child to get life insurance?
August 07, 2012
Standard Chartered accused of hiding $250B for Iran (Forbes)The bank allegedly conducted roughly 60,000 secret transactions for almost 10 years.
August 07, 2012
Advisors: How Time Windows Will Change Your LifeThe discipline of following "time windows" has worked so well in my business that I highly recommend them to all my clients, especially those suffering from the traditional challenge faced by advisors of having way too much to do and too little time to do it.