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Merger frenzy
By Staff WriterThirty years ago there were approximately 2,500 life insurance companies in America. Today, there are 800 operating life insurance companies. New-life insurance mergers are causing a frenzy for management recruitment. Executive recruiters have set
August 28, 2008
MassMutual Starts New Ad CampaignMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has initiated a new advertising campaign reassuring consumers they can make sound financial choices.The campaign, dubbed "Good Decisions," plays to ...
August 28, 2008
Insurer Offers Nutrition AidPacific Life Insurance Company is offering consumers an online meal nutrition calculator to help them gauge the food value of food they serve themselves and ...
August 26, 2008
Calif. Names New Insurance Enforcement OfficerCalifornia Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has appointed Rick Plein as deputy commissioner of the Department of Insurance's enforcement branch.Plein, who had been bureau chief of ...
August 26, 2008
Advisors Increase Fee Income: CerulliThe percentage of financial advisors who earn 50% or more of their revenue from fees increased 60% between 2002 and 2007, Cerulli Associates reports.Cerulli, Boston, ...
August 26, 2008
Executive Life Case Drags OnA federal appeals court in San Francisco has tossed out a $241 million award won by the state of California in a lawsuit stemming from ...
August 26, 2008
Iowa Overhauls Anti-Rebate RuleThe Iowa Insurance Department Friday substantially loosened its ban on providing gifts to policyholders or prospects.The department's original anti-rebate policy had drawn heavy criticism from ...
August 25, 2008
Regulators Discuss Federal Office, Indexed AnnuitiesThe proposed Office of Insurance Information currently before Congress was among the issues state insurance commissioners discussed last week during their gathering in Chicago.The meeting ...