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Aetna Pulls California Rate Hike
By Trevor ThomasAetna Inc. has withdrawn a rate filing in California that would have increased individual health care insurance rates for 65,000 customers by an average of 19% percent.
June 25, 2010
Life Settlement Bill Advances In Mass.A life settlement bill in Massachusetts has been sent back to the state legislature's Joint Committee on Financial Services, according to a spokesman for the bill's sponsor.
June 25, 2010
Proposed SS Cuts Would Cost Seniors Plenty: StudyThe Senior Citizens League says that a proposed 1% cut in the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security would cost seniors over $50,000 throughout a 25-year retirement.
June 25, 2010
Retirees Unsure of Medicare's FutureRetirees covered by Medicare are confident that Medicare will be available for the rest of their lives but are less confident that it will be there for their children, according to a new survey.
June 25, 2010
Financial Bill Heads to Floor of CongressHouse and Senate negotiators completed work early Friday on sweeping financial services legislation that includes a provision that could ultimately impose a fiduciary standard on sales of investment products.
June 25, 2010
Jack Cima headlines BGA Insurance June luncheonJack Cima of New York Life's Advanced Markets division was the featured speaker for BGA Insurance's June luncheon in Costa Mesa, Calif.
June 25, 2010
Principal: Most Not Happy With Retirement SavingsMost employees said that they are not saving enough money for retirement, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive on behalf of Principal Financial Group Inc.
June 25, 2010
Life Settlement Bill Advances In Mass.A life settlement bill in Massachusetts has been sent back to the state legislature's Joint Committee on Financial Services, according to a spokesman for the bill's sponsor.