Financial pressure taking its toll on UK pensioners
Caught between rising costs and low investment returns, pensioners in the UK are under pressure to make ends meet reports…
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Retained asset accounts come under increased fire in the US
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomos announcement in July that he had launched a fraud investigation into the withholding of…
ByPrudential Financial extends global property reach into Abu Dhabi
Prudential Financial, the second-largest US life insurer, has set its sites on significant growth in the Middle Easts property market…
ByCombo products come into their own
Products combining permanent life insurance and long-term care benefits have been around in the US for many years, but had…
ByEC moves to fill protection gaps
Although Solvency II should considerably reduce the risk of insurers failing, the European Commission is concerned the absence of a…
ByGrowing defined pension benefit nightmare placing many FTSE 100 at risk of failure
Combined defined benefit (DB) pension scheme deficits of the UKs top 100 listed companies (FTSE100) improved markedly at the end…
ByVariable annuity sales perk up in the US
Sales of variable annuities (VA) appear to be out of the doldrums, rising by 11% in the second quarter of…
ByAccounting upheaval faces insurers as IASB moves towards global contract standards
Uniform accounting standards for insurance contracts took a big step towards becoming a reality with the publication by the International…
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