The Simplicity Explosion
By Steve PiontekI'm starting to get concerned that insurance companies are so intent on making variable annuities simple and transparent that soon the products will be all ...
March 19, 2006
Smaller WorldThe appearance of two leading regulators in the European Union at the regulators' table during the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' spring meeting was instructive ...
March 12, 2006
Insurance No-No'sThere was an interesting tidbit tucked away in Arthur Postal's story in last week's issue on the prospects for modernization/reform/overhaul (take your pick) of state ...
March 12, 2006
Basic BlackA couple of days ago, my wife showed me an ad from the catalog of an upscale department store. Pictured in the ad was a ...
March 05, 2006
The Coming GroundswellI'm not sure it's a groundswell yet, but I do detect a definite quickening (almost a rumble) in the amount of attention being focused by ...
March 05, 2006
Considering AlternativesToday's insurance and financial advisors are vetting "alternatives" as the hot new thing, the exciting opportunity, or the way to go for people on the ...
March 05, 2006
Defying GravityI'm writing this a couple of days after panic-selling started in Shanghai and hit the Dow with a tidal wave that sent it sliding 416 ...
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