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By Bill CatesProviding superior service - the kind that gets your clients taking about you - comes from a strong commitment to service.
May 03, 2010
NAIFA Opposes Stranger-Originated AnnuitiesThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors has made a formal decision to oppose stranger-originated annuity transactions.
May 03, 2010
Hewitt: This is A Wakeup Call On Retirement NeedsTypical U.S. employees will need to have resources equal to more than 15 times their final pay to maintain their standard of living after they retire, according to analysts at Hewitt Associates Inc.
May 03, 2010
Treasury, Labor Get Earful About AnnuitiesAnnuities and other private-market products that provide income guarantees could play a major role in improving U.S. workers' retirement income security, life insurer representatives have told federal regulators.
May 03, 2010
PBGC Assumes Colonial Bank Pension PlanThe Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is assuming responsibility for the underfunded pension plan of a bank with about 3,250 employees and retirees.
May 03, 2010
How to comply in a virtual worldHow can you steer clear of a PR nightmare waiting to happen?
May 03, 2010
ACLI Blasts Proposed Bank TaxLife insurers are asking members of the Senate Finance Committee to kill a proposed tax on large insurers that own broker-dealers.
May 03, 2010
Senate Republicans: Do More To Keep Tabs On Large InsurersS. 3217, the financial services bill now on the floor of the Senate, does too little to increase federal oversight over large insurance companies, Senate Republicans contend.