retirement solutions

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  New Ireland, Legal & General enter into partnership

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  April 30, 2013

  Legal & General will reinsure €136 million of New Ireland’s current annuity business as well as a proportion of its business to be written in the future.

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  Let’s start retirement prep now

  By Maria Wood  |  April 11, 2013

  The industry needs to get people to move from thinking about retirement planning to actively doing it.

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  Advisors: Get clients off the ‘do it myself’ retirement path

  By Sam J. Friedman, Val Srinivas  |  April 8, 2013

  “DIY” may be great for renovating a home, but not so great when building a retirement plan.

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  Three key steps to better performance for life insurers in 2013

  By Patrick M. Lyons  |  April 3, 2013

  Life insurance companies are now realizing the interdependence between strong operating and IT platforms and the sophisticated use of analytics to support innovative channel and distribution strategies.

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  Consumer mistrust leaves retirement planning in the dust

  By Sam J. Friedman, Val Srinivas  |  April 2, 2013

  Lack of trust prevents many consumers from seeking the financial advice they desperately need to fund their golden years.

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  7 secrets to selling annuities

  By Maria Wood, Daniel Williams  |  March 14, 2013

  Having a tough time selling annuities? These experts have the answer.

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  ING launches retirement benchmarking tool

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  February 26, 2013

  For the nation as a whole, Americans had saved 39 percent of what they’ll need for retirement.

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  DOL fines ING $5.3 million

  By Maria Wood, Elizabeth D. Festa  |  February 4, 2013

  The action stems from ING’s alleged practice of keeping gains realized when it failed to process requested transactions in a timely manner.

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  ‘Orphan’ 401(k) rollovers pose big rewards

  By Joyce Hanson  |  January 15, 2013

  In the rollover game, effective client-education programs can help institutions and advisors gain orphaned 401(k) assets.

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  ING U.S. hires Bedard to lead fixed annuities business

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 14, 2013

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