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In Fixed Annuities, Don't Ignore Value Just For The Rate
By Jim TeagueWith short-term Treasuries and bank certificates of deposit offering rates only slightly above sea level, the 3.5% to 6% guaranteed returns offered by today's fixed annuities have been very attractive
August 17, 2009
Pub Plan Shift Lifts MoodObama administration suggestions that a public health insurance plan "is not essential" to health reform efforts are generating cautious optimism in the health insurance industry.
August 17, 2009
Our Business Should Not Be Taken For GrantedOne of the most prophetic of modern economists, the late Harvard Professor Joseph A. Schumpeter, hypothesized that capitalism would ultimately be undone from within the system
August 16, 2009
Health Insurers In 2008: Claims Often Outpaced Premium GrowthSitting atop the health insurance business with premiums earned of more than twice the second-place insurer is
August 16, 2009
2008 Voluntary Sales Showed Steady RiseVoluntary benefit sales continued to grow in 2008, according to our recently released U.S. Worksite Sales Report
August 16, 2009
The Rewards Of Financial Planning For Special Needs FamiliesFinancial planners play a frequently unrecognized but essential role in ensuring that individuals with special needs receive the care and support they need and deserve after their parents or caregivers are gone
August 16, 2009
Scarred By The MeltdownScars of the economic meltdown that started late in 2007 are evident in several of the categories in our annual life and health statistical report.
August 14, 2009
Autism Bill Signed In N.J.New Jersey health insurers would be required to provide diagnostic screening for autism and other developmental disabilities under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Jon Corzine.