Hartford Financial

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  Outlook 2013: Expect more tax-wise advanced markets sales

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 28, 2013

  New legislation provides permanency to a federal tax code that, in many ways, makes life insurance more valuable than ever.

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  ACLI appoints 2013 board of directors

  By Noah Guillaume  |  October 25, 2012

  James T. Morris, chairman and CEO of Pacific Life will chair the American Council of Life Insurers.

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  New NAIFA President Details Association's Challenges, Plans for Growth

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  September 13, 2012

  The new president of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors outlined how the 122-year-old organization plans to reverse the decline in membership.

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  MassMutual Agrees to Pay $400 Million for Hartford Retirement Plans Unit

  By Allison Bell  |  September 4, 2012

  Elaine Sarsynski would lead the integration effort.

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  VAs from Prudential Financial, Jackson National Nab Top Scores in Cogent Survey

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  August 23, 2012

  The Cogent survey assigned a “star” designation to Prudential Financial and Jackson National Life citing the companies’ “brand equity, commitment and ownership.” The insurers trail only RiverSource in terms of revenue earned per advisor.

• AIG Looking to Buy Hartford Advisory Group

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  August 1, 2012

  American International Group’s SunAmerica unit is seen within the securities distribution industry as the strongest amongst four suitors for Hartford Financial Groups’ broker-dealer arm, Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.

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  IRI Speaker: Lack of Transparency about Hedging Strategies is Keeping Valuations Low

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 4, 2012

  A lack of disclosure among annuity manufacturers about their investment hedging strategies is depressing the companies’ stock valuations, according a stock analyst presenting at the Insured Retirement Institute’s 2012 Marketing Summit, which concluded on Tuesday. Held at the New York City Hilton hotel, the session explored factors impacting the VA...

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  Breaking Up is Hard to Do

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  February 21, 2012

  If Hartford Financial were to split in two the outcome would have positive credit implications for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance group and negative credit implications for the life insurance group.

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  In It To Win It

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  February 14, 2012

  In AIG’s lower Manhattan headquarters, SunAmerica Financial Group’s CEO Jay Wintrob rattles off a series of encouraging statistics about SunAmerica. The company is currently the fourth-largest seller of annuities in the United States; the largest seller of fixed annuities in the United States; the sixth-largest seller of variable annuities in...

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  IN IT TO WIN IT

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  February 1, 2012

  In AIG’s lower Manhattan headquarters, SunAmerica Financial Group’s CEO Jay Wintrob rattles off a series of encouraging statistics about SunAmerica. The company is currently the fourth-largest seller of annuities in the United States; the largest seller of fixed annuities in the United States; the sixth-largest seller of variable annuities in...