Life Insurance
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Sun Life Financial Posts $525 Million Loss in Fourth Quarter
By Warren S. HerschSun Life Financial Inc. posted in the fourth quarter of 2011 a more than half-billion dollar loss, an amount comparable to the profit the company enjoyed in the same period of 2010.
February 16, 2012
Stretch IRAs Under FireRetirement industry officials are gearing up to remove a provision in Senate legislation that would reduce the value of inherited IRAs.
February 16, 2012
PIMCO’s Gross Ponders Life, Death and Recent Fed ActionBond king alerts readers to the costs for a marketplace that still believes cheap and abundant credit is always good.
February 16, 2012
Lowering the FlagNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie is taking flak for lowering the flag to half-mast to mark the death of singer Whitney Houston. At one time, you had to be an assassinated President to merit such an honor. No longer.
February 15, 2012
White House Wants Closer Scrutiny of Investment Advisers (InvestmentNews)While President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget proposal for 2013 goes hard on the wealthy, it could also be tough on those who advise them.
February 15, 2012
The Gadfly's BiteThere was never a more stark example of the influence shareholders play in the decision-making of stock insurers than what John Paulson is doing to the Hartford right now.
February 15, 2012
The Gadfly's BiteThere was never a more stark example of the influence shareholders play in the decision-making of stock insurers than what John Paulson is doing to the Hartford right now.
February 15, 2012
US Stocks Mixed as Greek Bailout Talks Inch AlongStocks were mixed on Wall Street as Greece inched closer to a deal to resolve its debt crisis.