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LIMRA: DC in-plan guaranteed assets total $2.2B
With more than $5.1 trillion stashed in DC plans in the U.S., there is potential for growth in the guaranteed income space.
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New Mexico to let HHS handle individual exchange in 2014
But the state still wants to start off running its own, state-based exchange for small groups.
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New WellPoint CEO streamlines insurer's business
The company will put its exchange business in the commercial insurance division.
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MetLife removes alien status from captive
MetLife is merging three U.S. life insurers and a Delaware-based captive reinsurer “to create a larger, well capitalized U.S. life company.”
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A view from the Zenith
Mike Gorlick of Zenith Marketing Group is not daunted by the challenges the industry faces.
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Which indexed annuity is right for your client?
Annual reset or point-to-point? Each of these four indexed options matches a specific prospect's profile.
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LIMRA: DC in-plan guaranteed assets total $2.2B
With more than $5.1 trillion stashed in DC plans in the U.S., there is potential for growth in the guaranteed income space.
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New Mexico to let HHS handle individual exchange in 2014
But the state still wants to start off running its own, state-based exchange for small groups.
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New WellPoint CEO streamlines insurer's business
The company will put its exchange business in the commercial insurance division.
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MetLife removes alien status from captive
MetLife is merging three U.S. life insurers and a Delaware-based captive reinsurer “to create a larger, well capitalized U.S. life company.”
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California bill would make PPACA exchange deals public
The exchange could wait one year to release contracts with large health plans.
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Lew hopes to accelerate pace of Dodd-Frank work
When SIFI designations are made, it could still be some time before the public is made aware, according to Lew.
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A view from the Zenith
Mike Gorlick of Zenith Marketing Group is not daunted by the challenges the industry faces.
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Which indexed annuity is right for your client?
Annual reset or point-to-point? Each of these four indexed options matches a specific prospect's profile.
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Assessing FATCA's impact on the insurance industry
While many provisions of the final regulations’ simplified or clarified the impact on insurers, certain provisions have ultimately complicated or raised additional questions on FATCA's...
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Did portability kill the credit shelter trust?
Estate tax changes have made credit shelter trusts useless ... right?
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100 best sales & marketing ideas: 11 client appreciation tips
Boost client loyalty and overcome every prospect objection with these top-of-the-line client appreciation tips.
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Keep contacts up to date with LinkedIn
Use meaningful updates to reinforce your credibility.
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Obamacare: They're missing the point
A longtime agent says the MLR issue is a red herring.
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What my mother taught me about health care
I could report and write about health care all day long — which, oh yea, I do — but my cancer survivor mother has taught...
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“Star Trek” premiere and the problem with “fiduciary”
If being a fiduciary is all about building trust, what happens when no one trusts the word fiduciary?
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What’s the most creative marketing technique ever?
Consumers recently chimed in to tell us what have been the most creative marketing techniques they’ve ever encountered when being sold annuities and insurance.
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Disability Insurance Observer: The lottery
Instead of feeling depressed about the idiocy, why not harness its mind-numbing power?
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Lobbyists: Don't forget about the fiduciary standard
Industry lobbying efforts remain strong on the tax treatment of life insurance issue, but what about the fiduciary standard?
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Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn’t
Forget everything you know about the brain. Done.
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Sebelius touts Obamacare in Europe
But many back home would like to respond to the praise she is paying PPACA while across the pond.
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A hospital CEO promises more price transparency and makes rivals squirm
Are we nearing the time when we can shop around for medical procedures?
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Washington state butcher spikes pig feed with weed
The butcher at Pike Place Market says he is getting better pork because of it.
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Study: Kids are prejudiced against fat people by age 4
With more people overweight than ever, one would think being so would be more accepted socially.
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Up for discussion: Cost of cancer care too often avoided
Should doctors discuss the financial costs of cancer with patients?
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