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UNIFI Renames Retirement Planning Division
By Staff WriterUNIFI Mutual Holding Company has renamed a division of its Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. unit.
January 19, 2011
MWA: Banking Holding Company Annuity Commissions FallU.S. bank holding company commissions from annuity sales fell to $621 million in the third quarter of 2010, down 7.3% from the total for the third quarter of 2009, according to Michael White Associates.
January 19, 2011
NAIFA Praises GAO Planner ReportThe head of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors has welcomed U.S. Government Accountability Office officials' conclusion that financial planners seem to have plenty of layers of oversight.
January 19, 2011
LIMRA Survey: The Path for Life Looks FlatA majority of U.S. insurance executives are predicting flat 2011 sales for individual and group life coverage.
January 19, 2011
Would you hire these guys?The door opens and you step into the elevator. Instantly, you recognize the other person on the elevator as the prime prospect you've been trying to reach for weeks.
January 19, 2011
6 degrees of marketing strategy: Lessons from Kevin BaconThe new TV ad for Logitech starring Kevin Bacon as a fan obsessed with Kevin Bacon is brilliantly creative advertising. But is it good marketing?
January 19, 2011
FSOC: A Giant Comes to LifeThe Financial Stability Oversight Council has given insurance industry groups plenty to think about with new systemic risk draft regulations, a major Volcker Rule study, and a lingering voting insurance seat vacancy.
January 19, 2011
GAO Suggests Polling the AudiencePassed on July 15, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act set forth several game plans for whipping the financial services industry into ...