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Second Firm Tells Investors To Snub Bid On Insurer
By Warren S. HerschA second proxy advisory service has lent support to Presidential Life Insurance Company efforts to block a former CEO's bid to replace the company's board.
December 29, 2009
LTC Insurance Costs Up Slightly: StudyPremiums for long term care insurance rose about 2% to $723 a year for a base plan for a 55-year-old married individual, according to a study by the American Association for Long Term Care Insurance.
December 29, 2009
Run over by Reid's ReindeerDisgusting, deceitful, sleazy, shameful ...use any adjective you like. Unfortunately, the most accurate is usual, as in "politics as usual." Seems Sen. Ben Nelson's principled...
December 29, 2009
Many Seniors Juggle Multiple Medicines: MedcoOf American seniors on medications, 51% take at least 5 different prescription drugs regularly, and 25% take between 10 and 19 pills each day, according to a study by a prescription mail-order firm.
December 29, 2009
Great American Settles With MinnesotaMinnesota's Attorney General and Great American Financial Resources announced a settlement over disputed sales of deferred annuities to seniors in the state by Great American subsidiaries.
December 29, 2009
Loss Ratios Key To Health Insurance EarningsInsurance agents and brokers should focus on the medical loss ratio decided on by Congress during upcoming negotiations over final healthcare delivery system reform legislation, an expert says.
December 29, 2009
Senior citizens on love and relationships16% -- Percentage of people 65 or older who say they could fall "head over heels" in love; 39 percent say they have already done so.
December 29, 2009
Five practical reasons not to retireThere are almost as many reasons to keep working as there are to retire.