Affluent Boomers Value Financial Advisors
By Trevor ThomasAt a time when individuals face uncertain protection of their financial security from employee benefits, Social Security and Medicare, affluent boomers are looking to ...
July 06, 2005
Would Principle-Based Reserving Measure Up If Bird Flu Arrives?Reinsurers and direct writers could prepare, actuaries sayIf the bird flu does become a pandemic in the United States, leading actuaries say that for ...
July 06, 2005
LBOOMrtw-graphicAB.docDistribution of 2002-2004 UnumProvident LTD Claims By Age Age Share of total claims, in % Under 30 (Millennial Generation) 7% 30-39 ...
July 06, 2005
Bank Annuity Sales Drop In AprilA sharp drop in variable annuity sales sent bank annuity sales falling 15% in April.[@@]Banks and savings institutions sold $3.5 billion in annuities in ...
July 06, 2005
Employer Fleibility Can Keep Boomers Working, Study FindsIn the early 1900s, insurance companies and their agents organized a massive effort to protect Americans from tuberculosis.Today, some executives in the insurance industry ...
July 06, 2005
Fiserv Acquires Kentucky FirmFiserv Inc. says it has acquired Administrative Services Group Inc., Louisville, Ky., an employee benefits plan administrator.[@@]Fiserv, Brookfield, Wis., will not disclose the purchase ...
July 06, 2005
Aetna To Offer Full-Coverage Option For Preventive DrugsAetna Inc. is beefing up preventive benefits options for employers that use its high-deductible health insurance plans with health savings account programs.[@@]The HSA law ...
July 06, 2005
Donaldson's Swan SongAt an open meeting one day before his departure on June 30, SEC Chairman William Donaldson remained steadfast in backing the SEC's rule requiring registered investment companies to have a board comprising at least 75% independent directors and an independent chairman, and pushed the rule through once again with help...