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Annuity Products That Will Sell
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
At LIMRA's 2010 Retirement Industry Conference, consultant Timothy Pfeifer identified the deferred and immediate products that he thinks are ideal for insurers, distributors and investors today.
Industry Views
401(k)s: They’re Not (Necessarily) Just for Employees Any More
A growing number of 401(k) plan sponsors, retirees, record keepers and regulators want retirees to stay in their plans well into, or even straight through, retirement, PIMCO has found.
Industry Views are special reports that are sponsored and independent from RIJ's editorial content.
DATA CONNECTION
Cover Stories
Turning Home Equity into Lifetime Income
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
A financial planner compares and contrasts three ways to create monthly income for life from a typical reverse mortgage.
Eating the Competition’s Lunch
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
MetLife’s Retirewise program offers hundreds of brown-bag seminars, like the one depicted in this ad, for 401(k) participants at firms where MetLife isn’t the provider.
Spock-o-nomics at the RIIA Meeting
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
At the spring meeting of the Retirement Income Industry Association, held at Morningstar Inc. in Chicago, concepts like "stocks for the long run" and "safe withdrawal rate" were out of favor.
Featured Stories
1Q 2010 Equity Performance: An Unconventional Evaluation
Surz, the president of San Clemente, CA-based Target Date Solutions, uses proprietary tools to dissect the first quarter's equity returns.
One Man’s Response to Uncle Sam’s RFI
Joe Bellersen, president of Qualified Annuity Services, Inc., explains how employer plans lost their guaranteed income mojo over the past 30 years, and offers advice on how they might get it back.
News
Insurance M&A at Lowest Level Since 2002
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
But 'we are already seeing that pent-up demand is driving increased M&A activity in most sectors of the insurance market,' said the director of research at Conning Research and Consulting.
Hartford CEO Comments on VAs Clarified
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
"Guaranteed income in our view is the emerging business opportunity in the annuity space," said Liam McGee.
‘Graphic Illustrations’ of U.S. Spending via Heritage Foundation
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
The conservative think tank offers 39 charts on 'runaway federal spending' for free downloading.
Group Urges Investigation of FINRA
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
'FINRA failed not just in Lehman, but Bear Stearns and AIG as well, yet has not been the subject of any investigative action,' says the Alliance for Economic Stability.
MassMutual Retirement Services Offers ‘Virtual Site Visit’
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Intended to simulate a visit to MassMutual's Springfield, Mass., headquarters, the virtual tour introduces viewers to the firm's retirement plan services.
