Sentences with phrase «many life insurers»

The Milwaukee - based, privately - held life insurer isn't owned by stockholders and likes to emphasize that it has a longer view than its publicly traded peers.

** PALM BEACH - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan participate in moderated discussion on current economic conditions and monetary policy before the American Council of Life Insurers Executive Roundtable - 2000 GMT.

As long as I don't know, there shouldn't be a way for life insurers to find out.

Combined with low credit demand, this would lower bank earnings, particularly for smaller, deposit - funded, and less diversified institutions, and presenting long - lasting challenges for life insurers and defined - benefit pension funds.

Apprehension has also grown in recent months about the negative impact of record - low yields on the solvency of pension funds and life insurers and how this in turn could undermine financial stability, demand, and the very goals QE aims to achieve.

Record - low yields obtained from QE are suspected to have an impact on the solvency of pension funds and life insurers, potentially undermining demand in the currency area and thus provoking a counter-productive effect on growth and inflation.

Manulife Financial Corp, a Toronto - based life insurer, has announced that it expects its annualized new premiums to grow more than 20 % in Asia (excluding Japan), during the next year.

Private health insurer nib has agreed to buy the medical insurance book of New Zealand life insurer OnePath Life for $ 22.6 million.

With decades - long experience, our team has fostered many close relationships with institutions, such as life insurers, who are the primary investors in Reg D private placements.

The second suit was filed June 8 by the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) along with the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), and the third suit was filed on June 9 by the Indexed Annuity Leadership Council.

The American Council of Life Insurers along with the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the same district, stating DOL's rule» is neither reasonable nor balanced.

Carl Wilkerson, vice president and chief counsel, Securities & Litigation, for the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) said in a prepared statement that ACLI was «disappointed» with Warren's report, which «misrepresents the comprehensive regulatory framework that governs conduct in the sale of insurance products and protects consumers» interests.

Life insurers comply with laws that regulate permitted noncash compensation practices and support their full enforcement.»

They included private - equity stakes, auto loans, a life insurer, a student - loan firm, a fund - of - hedge - funds business as well as mortgages and corporate bonds.

The American Council of Life Insurers also began advertising this week in Politico Morning Money for fiduciary regulation opponents to register their complaints.

The insurance giant becomes the first of the Big Three life insurers to join the association, which represents the insurance arms of Canada's major banks and various other companies

The deal makes the Swiss firm the largest retail life insurer down under.

In addition to the chamber, other plaintiffs include the American Council of Life Insurers, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, the Insured Retirement Institute, and many others.

At a time like this, where many life insurers, particularly ones facing credit risks, and those having variable policies, where profitability has declined along with the stock market, the surcharges could have kicked additional life insurers over the edge, and who knows how big the cascade would have been.

In a departure from its existing strategy, the real estate arm of the Canadian life insurer is looking to deploy capital via pan-Asia core funds.

Zurich is set to become Australia's largest retail life insurer after lobbing a $ 2.85 billion bid for ANZ's life arm.

One of the largest life insurers in the United States, John Hancock supports approximately 10.7 million Americans with a broad range of financial products, including life insurance, annuities, investments, 401 (k) plans, and college savings plans.

«The close proximity of GE's long - term care charge and MET's group annuity charge seemed to reduce investor confidence in the space and was a reminder of the opaqueness of life insurers,» Krueger wrote.

While there are many different checkpoints for selecting the right annuity for you, this article presents three key tips that can help get you started by finding the right life insurer, understanding how your contract is protected under the State Guaranty Association, and asking about fees and other sales charges before you buy a contract.For more information, visit the Protective Life Learning Center.

«Annuity growth is also starting to improve after some difficult years, though competition appears a bit more elevated in indexed annuities,» wrote analyst Krueger, who follows life insurers for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

The most promising growth opportunities for life insurers this year rest with group benefits, retail life insurance, pension risk transfer and some international markets, according to analyst Ryan Krueger.

Technology means the days of life insurers asking customers for detailed and unnecessary information about their health will end.

PBOC Governor Yi reiterated some key measures first announced in November, saying that foreign ownership caps on securities companies, fund managers and life insurers will be fully scrapped in three years.

Coca - Cola Amatil media director Sally Loane has been appointed chief executive of high - profile lobby group the Financial Services Council, which represents Australia's biggest retail super funds and life insurers.

Today, for instance, I can only find five ad campaigns running: one for drug company Novartus, one for a prescription benefit plan (also running in the Post's political section), a CATO Institute ad for a book, an ad from the American Council of Life Insurers and an Environmental Defense ad on global warming.

He will return to the White House to participate in a life insurers roundtable.

The Medical Information Bureau is a non-profit member organization that collects stores and shares underwriting information for use by health and life insurers.

Prudential, an A + rated company founded in 1875, is among the best life insurers in terms of underwriting applicants with complicated medical histories, including cancer and diabetes.

Life insurers would find taking on longevity risk to be a dirty hedge at best for their life insurance books.

I started my career in sellside research covering life insurers (after interning in insurance M&A).

With respect to Life Insurers, it is secondary guarantees of all sorts, especially with variable products.

As another boss of mine once said, «It doesn't take mere incompetence to kill a mutual life insurer; it takes malice.»

The»80s were kind to life insurers.)

Asset sensitive life insurers are faring badly in the face of good earnings, because with the fall in the equity markets, insurers might have lower asset based fees coming.

Life insurer insolvency means the pension is at risk, subject to the limits of the state guaranty funds.

Given the way that life insurers are viewed as rubes, as compared to the investment banks, this is rich indeed.

Let long dated assets that want debt financing be financed by REITs, pension plans, endowments, long - tail casualty insurers, and life insurers.

But that was the point to begin investing in life insurers.

When I worked in the investment department of a number of life insurers, every now and then I would hear one of the portfolio managers say, «We know that the rating agencies are going to down...

Their A.M. Best Rating is A -, or Excellent, and the company's NAIC Complaint Ratio is the same as the national median for life insurers (meaning the number of complaints they receive is exactly what would be expected for an insurer of their size).

These inherited conditions may cause the life insurer to increase your premiums because there is a risk that you could also be diagnosed.

When I worked at a life insurer that was in the pension business, we would sometimes get asked to quote on business where termination of the existing plan would result in a surrender charge.

I realize that this would limit valuations among life insurers, but so what?

And, for what it is worth, 12 years ago I played a large role in setting the rules for Maryland life insurers in place, both writing the law, and explaining to the legislators how it protected the public interest.

Further, life insurers have long liabilities, whereas the liabilities of banks are short, and thus, they are more subject to runs.