News

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  LIMRA: DC in-plan guaranteed assets total $2.2B

  By Maria Wood  |  May 21, 2013

  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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  MetLife moving offshore captive to the U.S., lowering risk profile

  By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth D. Festa  |  May 21, 2013

  MetLife is merging three U.S. life insurers and a captive reinsurer “to create a larger, well capitalized U.S. life company.”

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  Neb. lawmakers override veto on retirement bill

  By Grant Schulte  |  May 20, 2013

  The vote holds in place a deal that was struck to shore up the retirement plans of teachers, judges and state patrol troopers.

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  What, me retire?

  By Maria Wood  |  May 20, 2013

  Americans plan on retiring later in life, finds a recent Gallup poll.

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  Variable annuities getting more variable

  By Maria Wood  |  May 20, 2013

  IRI panelists: Change was a constant in the variable annuity world in 2012.

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  Lawyers: RI client truthful when he pleaded guilty

  By AP Staff Writer  |  May 17, 2013

  The fraud case involves the use of variable annuities and so-called “death put” bonds that would pay out when a person died.

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  Aviva PLC to slash 2,000 jobs worldwide

  By Maria Wood  |  May 17, 2013

  The insurer has reduced expenses by £83 million, or 10 percent, in the first quarter.

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  Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index: More of the same

  By Michael K.Stanley  |  May 17, 2013

  A key measure of the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities was slightly down in May.

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  Help wanted: More advisors needed

  By Maria Wood  |  May 17, 2013

  The demand for financial planning advice grows as the cadre of advisors shrinks.

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  IRI Forum speaker: Investors hate the bull market

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  May 16, 2013

  Bull markets normally signify optimism about stock prices and the nation's economic outlook, but many investors today are running scared.