The Case for Edge Funds
By Staff Writer"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."--Albert Einstein Many years ago, I took a girlfriend to Bermuda. There we met a lecherous English playboy married to what turned out to be a fabulously wealthy daughter of really old money. We figured this out when we...
November 28, 2004
Mutual Of Omaha Veteran Moves To Conseco UnitNU Online News Service, Nov. 28, 2004, 9:12 a.m. ESTBankers Life and Casualty Company, Chicago, has hired Anthony Monderine to be vice president of ...
November 24, 2004
Insurer Ties Ads To Lemony Snicket MovieNU Online News Service, Nov. 24, 2004, 4:12 p.m. ESTAFLAC Inc., Columbus, Ga., is letting its spokesduck appear in a television commercial tied to ...
November 24, 2004
WellChoice Unit Adds Web Group Renewal FeatureNU Online News Service, Nov. 24, 2004, 3:27 p.m. ESTEmpire Blue Cross Blue Shield, New York, is beefing up its online broker support services.[@@]Empire, ...
November 24, 2004
S&P Downgrades Life GroupNU Online News Service, Nov. 24, 2004, 4:30 p.m. ESTA rating agency has downgraded 4 life insurance units of a Lincoln, Neb., insurance group.[@@]Standard ...
November 24, 2004
AIG Chairman May Face Stock Price ProbeThe Wall Street Journal says federal officials are looking into the possibility that a top insurance company executive tried to manipulate the price of ...
November 24, 2004
Tenn. Blue Offers Soup-To-Nuts Direct Mail CampaignsNU Online News Service, Nov. 24, 2004, 3:23 p.m. ESTA Southeastern health insurer is using the Web to sell advertising and marketing materials to ...
November 24, 2004
Watson: Big DB Pension Plans Get Best ReturnsThe typical member of a defined benefit pension plan has been getting better investment returns than the typical member of a defined contribution retirement ...