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MetLife's General American Unit Settles Late-Trading Charges for $3.3 Million
General American Life Insurance Co., a unit of MetLife Inc., will pay a civil penalty of $3.3 million to settle charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 10, 2007
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AARP Chooses Genworth Financial as Long-Term-Care Insurance Provider for Its Members
The new products will become available in October. Genworth did not have a previous relationship with AARP; the organization's previous relationship for long-term-care insurance ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 16, 2007
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Experts: Underwriting by Long-Term-Care Insurers Has Improved in Past 10 Years
John Hancock's long-term-care division. John Hancock Life recently said it sold more long-term-care insurance than any other carrier in 2006, citing Limra International as the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 17, 2007
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N.Y. Agent's Efforts to Remove the Question of Race on Life Insurance Applications Had Industry Ripple Effect
Urban League," the league's Web site says. But Salomon couldn't have done it without the association's support because the association "had all the clout -- all the big insurance ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 24, 2007
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NASD Fines MetLife Subsidiaries $5 Million in Late-Trading Case
December 2004, the NASD said. In a statement, the NASD's head of enforcement, James S. Shorts, said the late response may have been because there was a large, unfocused group of ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 21, 2006
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Insurance Groups Ramp Up Spending on Lobbying in 2006
Services Protection Act, H.R. 458 and H.R. 461; the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006, H.R. 5637; the SMART Act draft bill; the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 28, 2006
U.S. Sales of Variable Annuities in First Quarter Rise 20.5%
Association of Variable Annuities. Meanwhile, net flow -- a key measurement --rose 46.8% to $7 billion, but represented 18.5% of total sales. Net flow is total premium flows minus ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 30, 2006
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Update: SEC Says Ex-MetLife Unit Executives Hid More Than $100 Million in Expenses
New England Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of MetLife Inc., for allegedly making false accounting entries designed to hide more than $100 million in expenses and make the company ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 18, 2006
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SEC Says Ex-MetLife Unit Executives Hid More Than $100 Million In Expenses
New England Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of MetLife Inc., for allegedly making false accounting entries designed to hide more than $100 million in expenses and make the company ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 17, 2006
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Insurance Daybook for Friday, March 31, 2006: Insurers' Travel-Related Questions Focus of Florida Hearing
Insurance Act, goes into effect. The loss trigger point jumps to $50 million, from $5 million under the previous law. The loss trigger will increase to $100 million for certified ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 30, 2006
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U.S. Life Insurers Boost 2005 Profits Amid Low Interest Rates, Annuity Scrutiny, Mergers
July of Citigroup Inc.'s Travelers Life & Annuity unit and nearly all of Citigroup's international businesses. Current interest rates will continue to put pressure on MetLife's ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 6, 2006
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Coalition of Investors Urge Insurers to Disclose Risk From Climate Change
New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. in which only eight of 13 companies surveyed responded, and not one provided any assurance that climate change was seriously being ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 5, 2005
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Oklahoma Regulator Issues Subpoenas in Probe of Broker-Compensation Practices
New York state Attorney General Elliot Spitzer last year. The department has subpoenaed a number of insurers and brokerage firms operating in Oklahoma to determine "whether ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 17, 2005
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U.S. Life Broker Dealers Split Over Ownership Issues
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. In July, NASD fined the broker dealer $325,000 for conducting prohibited sales contests, as well as for e-mail and supervision violations. Hornor, ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 15, 2005
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MetLife Gets Broker Compensation Subpoenas from Florida, Oklahoma
But MetLife (NYSE: MET) and disability insurer UnumProvident Corp. (NYSE: UNM), two of the leading providers in the state, disclosed around that time that they each received ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 3, 2005
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Connecticut Commissioner Approves MetLife's $11.8B Acquisition of Travelers Life
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell has approved MetLife Inc.'s $11.8 billion acquisition of Travelers Insurance Co. and Travelers Life & Annuity Co. from ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 1, 2005
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Prudential Subpoenaed in Connecticut on Reinsurance Deals
Financial Services Group Inc.'s (NYSE:HIG) finite reinsurance transactions (BestWire, May 25, 2005). Meanwhile, the SEC recently issued a subpoena to life insurer Genworth ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 8, 2005
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Hartford's Mayor Opposes MetLife-Travelers Deal at Public Hearing
Travelers Insurance and Travelers Life & Annuity Co., the mayor of Hartford, Conn., expressed opposition to the sale, asking for a "significant modification" in New York-based ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 8, 2005
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Hartford Mayor Seeks to Intervene With Connecticut Regulators on MetLife-Travelers Deal
The mayor of Hartford, Conn. has filed a petition with state Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell, asking the regulator to block MetLife Inc.'s proposed $11.5 billion ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 1, 2005
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Update: Connecticut Regulator Sets June 7 Hearing on MetLife-Travelers Deal
Travelers Life & Annuity Co. from Citigroup Inc. The hearing, on the question of granting approval for the sale, will be held June 7 at 9 a.m. in Centinel Hill Hall, Capital ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 23, 2005
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