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Insurance
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Consumers Eager For Life Insurance Coverage
May 21, 2012New survey puts the onus on life insurers to work more proactively with the agency force to provide the tools, marketing and advertising support to better educate consumers about life insurance.
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Annuity Sales Slide in the First Quarter of 2012
May 18, 2012Indexed annuities were one bright spot in the market, hitting $8.1 billion in sales, up 14% from the year-ago period.
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Great-West Launches New Retirement Product
May 3, 2012Clients interested in guaranteed lifetime income? Now you have one more option to offer, courtesy of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co.
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Bank Insurance Brokerage Revenue Up 9.1% in 2011
May 2, 2012The bigger the bank, the bigger the increase in insurance brokerage income; the smallest banks saw declines.
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Revenue from Investment Services Jumps at Banks, Credit Unions
April 30, 2012Revenue from the sale of investment and life insurance services at banks and credit unions increased 10% in 2011, led by a significant boost in advisory services.
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Bank Annuity Fee Income Jumps 10.4% in 2011
April 19, 2012Bank holding companies earned $2.84 billion from the sale of annuities in 2011, up 10.4% from the previous year, according to a new report from Michael White Associates.
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No One Is Too Young (Or Too Old) For Genworth’s LTC Mobile App
April 18, 2012Genworth Financial this week debuted a free, web-based mobile app that lets investors and advisors calculate their expected long-term care expenses from their iPhones or iPads and, simultaneously, get down to the business of adjusting their long-term financial planning goals to meet these rising costs as they age.
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5 Top Insurance Tips For Retirees
April 13, 2012Here’s an interactive slide show with five tips from ACE Private Risk Services on maintaining adequate insurance coverage into the retirement years.
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Younger Millennials: The New Insurance Customer?
April 10, 2012Research finds splintered group of younger Millennials exhibiting different values on several subjects, including a strong sense of entitlement.
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Advisors Boost Use of Variable Annuities
April 3, 2012Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.
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Advisors Increase Use of Variable Annuities: Survey
April 2, 2012Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.
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Advisors Increase Use of Variable Annuities: Survey
April 2, 2012Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.
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Workplace Benefits Important for Employer, Employee
March 21, 2012Progressive companies say benefits help retain employees, increase employee productivity, and help attract talent, according to survey results.
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Analysis: U.S. Muni Defaults Another Blow for Insurers
March 21, 2012A growing number of U.S. cities are choosing to fund essential services like public safety and garbage collection over making payments on their outstanding debt, as rising costs and falling revenue deplete their budgets.
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PrimeVest Outlines Ways for Banks to Increase Investment Revenue
March 16, 2012Financial institutions can increase their program revenue by 76% by emulating best practices of top competitors: PrimeVest
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