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  Conning expands its insurance research business

  By Noah Guillaume  |  April 12, 2013

  As part of the initiative, Steve Webersen will assume day-to-day responsibilities of Insurance Research.

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  Death takes a policy: How a lawyer exploited the fine print and found himself facing Federal charges

  By Jake Bernstein, ProPublica  |  September 20, 2012

  Society has long frowned on certain behaviors. Taking out an insurance policy on a friend or neighbor and killing them? Not acceptable. Taking out a life insurance policy that gambles your neighbor will die soon, even without your help, also crosses the line.

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  IAIS G-SII methodology a credit positive for the insurance industry, says Moody's

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  June 11, 2012

  The International Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (IAIS) newly proposed methodology for identifying too-big-to-fail insurers may have some companies fretting about new capital rules and a changing playing field, but it is a credit positive to U.S. rating agency Moody’s.

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  On the Third Hand: On Income Inequality

  By Allison Bell  |  November 3, 2011

  No, Warren Buffett should not get to have all the money—but that’s not the real problem.

• For Every Need, An Annuity

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 4, 2011

  Sophisticated investors don't often think of variable annuities as vehicles for cutting-edge asset allocation strategies because of the limited fund choices and risk-mitigation techniques long associated with the products. That's old thinking.

• Taking the Pulse of the Policy

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  March 7, 2011

  Advisors are fond of using analogies when describing the value of a product or planning technique. So here is one more to wax poetic about the next time you discuss with a prospect the need to conduct an life insurance policy review

• Learning from the Retirement Crisis: How to Advise Your Young Clients About Retirement

  By Heather Trese  |  January 25, 2010

  Hindsight is 20/20. If we had known about the current retirement crisis 15 or 20 years ago, financial advisors around the United States could have warned their younger clients to start saving and stop spending.

• Learning from the Retirement Crisis: How to Advise Your Young Clients About Retirement

  By Heather Trese  |  January 13, 2010

  Hindsight is 20/20.