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  We need the retirement Gecko

  By Maria Wood  |  April 11, 2013

  Is the insurance and annuity industry soft-selling the need to plan for retirement?

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  The Hartford sets to transform

  By Mark E. Ruquet  |  February 5, 2013

  The company will dissolve its Vermont life-insurance captive and return approximately $300 million of surplus to the holding company.

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  CDAs get federal attention; GAO report said to be out soon

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  November 30, 2012

  Are feds only monitoring or is there concern? Some say the former, but that could change if greater solvency and reserve concerns become part of the broader discussion.

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  All state insurance commissioners win re-election

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  November 7, 2012

  Democratic North Carolina Commissioner Wayne Goodwin finds himself in an interesting situation with a new Republican governor.

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  Who will be the next Glenn Neasham?

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  May 2, 2012

  Lake County, California, is said to be known for a few things besides having the state’s largest freshwater contained lake—pear production, bird watching, wineries, recent meth lab busts and Glenn Neasham, the convicted insurance agent who thought, he claims, he was selling a good product to a competent senior.

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  Who Will Be the Next Glenn Neasham?

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 20, 2012

  When Glenn Neasham was convicted on felony theft charges and sentenced to jail for selling an annuity to an 83-year-old woman with dementia, it sent shockwaves through the agent community. But a bigger issue looms: Will Neasham's case repeat itself elsewhere?

• Brian Ashe on life insurance: "The premium is always less than the problem."

  By Staff Writer  |  August 22, 2011

  Brian Ashe, CLU, a past president of the Million Dollar Round Table, talks about how to sell life insurance to seniors, the challenges the industry faces and why the middle market is so important.