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Insurance & Technology
July 19, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
Cyber News Site integration... Riskonline 2004... Acttech released... etc.   |
Financial Advisor
April 2004 |
Advisor Emporium American General Establishes Independent Advisor Network... Morningstar To Create Hedge Fund Database... DST Vision Adds Search529... Stocks To Cash Program... |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Ellen Hoffman |
Annuities: Don't Believe The Hype Many of the tax benefits of variable annuities no longer exist, but the hard sell continues |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Patrick Ferrer |
Annuities Special: Fee Factor When your clients buy annuities, do you really know what they're paying for? |
BusinessWeek
December 29, 2003
Gene G. Marcial |
Travelers And St. Paul -- Under One Big Umbrella Robert Lyon, president of Institutional Capital, figures the combined St. Paul Travelers will grab a wider slice of the weak insurance business. The deal, notes Lyon, unites teams with "good chemistry," that worked together at Citigroup under Sandy Weill. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Frank O'Connor |
Encouraging Signs New variable annuity sales slipped slightly in the third quarter of 2010, to $33.6 billion from $33.9 billion in the second quarter, but they were still up 9.9% from the $30.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2008
Donna Mitchell |
FINRA Seeks to Clarify Rule Mishmash Regulators are taking action regarding what they view as abuse in the way that variable annuity products are sometimes marketed and sold. The latest proposal will codify various practices for marketing variable annuity products. |
Investment Advisor
August 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
A Case for VAs? A new study found that two-thirds of boomers are interested in allocating a portion of their qualified plan into a variable annuity that offers guaranteed income for life. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Pay Too Much for This Investment When it comes to guaranteed variable annuities, buyers are paying more for protection than they did in recent years -- even though the market has already dropped substantially. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can MetLife Bring the Good Life? The Travelers acquisition looks to be a winner, but how much is left in the stock? |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Tracey Longo |
A Push For Lifetime Income Variable annuity providers hope to jump-start their business by selling security to worried baby boomers. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005 |
On the Job William L. Anthes, former president and CEO of the National Endowment for Financial Education, will begin a three-year term on the Financial Planning Standards Board... AIG Advisor Group has named Brett A. Ishler director of investment products and research... etc. |
Wall Street & Technology
April 15, 2008
Cory Levine |
Scivantage Automates Mutual Fund Account Openings With the integration of Scivantage's Automated Account Opening application and DST Systems' Web Services interface, broker-dealers will be able to offer primary and multicustodial brokerage and direct-to-fund account opening from one system. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2012
Frank O'Connor |
Solid Footing New sales of variable annuities held steady in the third quarter, totaling $38.5 billion vs. $39.4 billion in the second quarter and $33.8 billion in the third quarter of 2010. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2004 |
Cyber News It Pays to Webvisit... DST Vision Enhanced... Myanthem Announced... etc. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005 |
Could Fear of Variable Annuities Have Anything to Do With This? According to a study, equity-indexed annuities accounted for 30% of total annuity sales last year, up from just 6% in 2002. |
Financial Advisor
December 2004
Ted Schwartz |
Time For Some Changes Are variable annuities the greatest invention since sliced bread or are they a scourge that should be driven from the planet? Here are some suggestions for changes to the industry to take annuities out of the regulators' crosshairs. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Namita Devidayal |
A Fitting Problem Having found the securities industry severely wanting in its policing of research conflicts, market-timing and fee disclosures, the regulators are looking to see if similar abuses exist in the insurance industry. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2004
Roy Lewis |
How to Deal With Annuities' Losses When cashing out, there are several tax issues to keep in mind. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002
Pamela J. Black |
Not So Easy Riders The bear market has created interest in annuities that offer guarantees on returns. A look at riders being offered to protect value, improve liquidity, etc. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Are Variable Annuities Right for You? Variable annuity sales are way up, but are they a smart move? |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
MetLife Buys Citigroup's Insurance Arm Citigroup's decision to sell its Travelers Life & Annuity arm to MetLife for an estimated $11.5 billion could be a sign of things to come in the financial advisory business. |
Registered Rep.
September 16, 2008 |
AIG Needs Cash; Who Will Buy Its B/Ds? The $20 billion loan AIG was allowed to borrow against itself yesterday didn't have much of an impact after S&P, Moody's and Fitch cuts its credit ratings. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Much-Hated Investment Could Actually Help You Few investments inspire such devotion and scorn as annuities. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 7, 2005
Wendy Toth |
MetLife Acquires Citigroup Businesses MetLife announced last month an agreement for the purchase of Travelers Life and Annuity Co. and Citi International Holdings from Citigroup for $11.5 billion, subject to closing adjustments, as well as a 10-year distribution agreement. |
Financial Advisor
March 2004
Tracey Longo |
Making The Grade With Variable Annuity Exchanges With the creation of one-shot wrinkle reducers like Botox, battery-operated automobiles and cloned humans, can a world where there is no need to replace variable annuities be far off? |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2004
Roger Nusbaum |
AIG's Obstacles to Growth Is AIG too big to continue growth? |
Insurance & Technology
July 13, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Travelers Names Madelyn Lankton Enterprise CIO, Al Lagana Head of Operations Travelers has appointed Madelyn Lankton senior vice president and enterprise CIO, and has named Elio "Al" Lagana senior vice president of operations, responsible for enterprise operations. The two executives take on roles held by Bill Bloom. |
InternetNews
December 22, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
IBM Insures Manulife's IT Performance Padding its financial services client roster, IBM has signed a $56 million IT outsourcing contract with Manulife Financial Corp. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
Elder Abuse, Advisor Style The NASD says it will propose "significant" regulatory changes to the way variable annuities are sold, claiming elderly clients are being "scared" into investing in products against their best interests. |
Registered Rep.
December 16, 2014
Alan Lavine |
Structured Settlements It's possible to earn yields upwards of 6 percent on "secondary market" annuities issued by top-rated carriers such as Allstate, MassMutual, Prudential, AIG, John Hancock, MetLife, Berkshire Hathaway and New York Life. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 10, 2004
Cynthia Ramsaran |
This Year's Fashions The fixed-income annuity is the new black. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Are Annuities At Risk? With the financial troubles that annuity giant AIG currently faces, investors are concerned about what could happen to their annuities if the insurance companies backing them don't survive the credit crunch. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2005
Nathan Slaughter |
Snoopy Is Smiling MetLife posts stellar first-quarter results ahead of the Travelers merger. Investors, take note. |
