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Hedging Has Helped Variable Annuities: Moody’s

8/27/2008

Most variable annuity writers’ hedging programs have worked well in spite of recent market volatility, Moody’s Investors Service says....Read article

Investors Fled Many Funds In July

8/25/2008

Mutual funds saw net outflows totaling $3.9 billion in July, reports the Financial Research Corp., Boston....Read article

Regulators Talk About PBR Nuts And Bolts

8/22/2008
BY JIM CONNOLLY

Should principles-based reserving permit regulators to look at the riskiness of an individual block of business, or should regulators have to look at an insurance company as a whole?...Read article

Rating Agency: PBR To Affect Few Credit Ratings

8/22/2008
BY JIM CONNOLLY

A shift to a new, principles-based reserving approach should not affect many life insurers’ ratings, according to Moody’s Investor Service....Read article

Earnings: TMA

8/19/2008

An expanding carrier network helped results at The Marketing Alliance Inc. during the second quarter. ...Read article

Outgoing Ala. Commissioner Heads To Swiss Re

8/19/2008
BY JIM CONNOLLY

Swiss Reinsurance Company is bringing in Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell to run Swiss Re America Holding Corp....Read article

IRS Collects Accounting Change Rules

8/19/2008

The Internal Revenue Service has published a guide to getting automatic IRS consent for changes in accounting methods....Read article

LOMA Eyes Mortgage Market Woes

8/18/2008
BY JIM CONNOLLY

The mortgage market crisis could hurt life insurance and annuity product performance, a LOMA researcher warns in a new report....Read article

N.J. Blues File Conversion App

8/15/2008
BY ALLISON BELL

The parent of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, a nonprofit health service corporation, is asking the state of New Jersey for permission to become a for-profit company....Read article

Earnings: NIM, Health Benefits Direct

8/15/2008

Company executives say solid growth at operations held for more than a year helped results at National Investment Managers Inc. during the second quarter. ...Read article

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