ETF Assets Edged Up in October: ICI
By Staff WriterThe combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) totalled $263.8 billion at the end of October, slightly higher than the $259.5 billion reported at...
November 23, 2005
Commissioners Say 06 Will Be The Year Of Big ResolutionsState insurance commissioners say 2006 will be the year of big resolutions.Alessandro Iuppa, the new president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and ...
November 23, 2005
Think 419(e) For Covering Post-Retirement Health Care EpensesIf some of your boomer clients are worried about how to cover out-of-pocket health care costs in retirement, then consider asking them if their ...
November 23, 2005
When Boomers Roam, Advisors Need To Be GuidesBaby boomers are ready to roam and for many their roaming will take them out of the state they currently live in, according to ...
November 23, 2005
Regulators Hear Different Approaches To Reach Principle-Based ReservingChicagoSeveral top life actuaries urged regulators to expose an industry plan for principle-based reserving that would include using existing CSO mortality tables to create ...
November 23, 2005
3Q Inde Annuity Sales Off 7% From 2QIndex annuity sales declined 7% in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2005, says Advantage Compendium Ltd., St. Louis, ...
November 23, 2005
Industry Complains About NAIC Control Of DatabasesChicagoIndustry trade groups complained about control of databases they say is being exerted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo.During an ...
November 23, 2005
Amid Mostly Flat Sales,"Declared rate and indexed annuities are under attack on multiple fronts," states a new position paper from the National Association for Fixed Annuities, Milwaukee, ...