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Will MetLife join VA buyback movement?

By Maria Wood | May 22, 2013

The risk associated with variable annuities took up a good portion of the firm’s Investor Day conference.

Funeral planning popular as workplace perk

By Allen Greenberg | May 16, 2013

For employers that offer health insurance, free parking and child or elder care referral services, coverage for funeral services seems like an easy add-on.

VA carriers tweaking products at 'inflection point'

By Michael K. Stanley | February 26, 2013

According to Morningstar U.S.A., carriers filed 101 variable annuity product changes in the fourth quarter.

Cogent’s Meredith Rice: VA brand awareness is down, but sales remain strong

By Warren S. Hersch | January 11, 2013

Meredith Rice, a senior project director at Cogent Research, explains the impact of brand and customer loyalty on revenue in the affluent marketplace.

Fight

By Richard Hoe | January 10, 2013

A customer recently told me I overthink things. He was right.

Annuities: 5 things to expect in 2013

By Maria Wood | December 19, 2012

How might a redefined fiduciary standard impact annuity sales? Will carriers continue the trend of offering buyouts to variable annuity holders? Five conjectures for the year ahead.

4 notable people who sold life insurance

By Brian Anderson | December 4, 2012

These four American originals all achieved widespread notoriety for other reasons, but all of them were in the life insurance business at some point (and one of them still is).