insurance industry

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  Valerie Brown: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 24, 2013

  The CEO and president of Cetera Financial Group said she grew up with a love for numbers and math. Her background in chemical engineering, which she called a “perfect fit” for the financial services industry, didn’t hurt, either.

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  Crossing Paths: The 2013 IA 25

  By Editorial Staff  |  April 29, 2013

  With Investment Advisor's 13th annual list of the most influential individuals in and around the advisor business, we decided to do something different.

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  Energy Risk Equals Insurance Opportunity

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2013

  There’s a Chinese character that can be read as either risk or opportunity, and according to a report by global reinsurer Swiss Re, that’s exactly what the future in energy production presents for the insurance industry.

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  Top 25 Finance Company 401(k) Plans: BrightScope

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 26, 2013

  To judge by the 401(k) plans that finance companies offer their employees, they’re doing a good job of doing unto themselves as they would have others do.

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  Low Interest Rates Are Driving Insurers Out of the Bond Market: BlackRock

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  Insurers are likely to move asset allocations as low rates challenge business models and profitability, says BlackRock’s global insurance industry outlook.

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  Storm Warning

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  Just a few days before Hurricane Sandy barreled up the East Coast, German reinsurance giant Munich Re issued a new report titled “Severe Weather in North America” revealing that weather disasters have hit North America far harder than they have the rest of the world.

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  The Future of Financial Advice? Maybe It’s Health Care

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  January 16, 2013

  I suspect that financing health care will replace investments as the primary service demanded by advisory firm clients in the all-too-near future.

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  How Clients Can Secure Their Property: Lessons From Sandy

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 5, 2012

  Given that many Sandy-stricken areas are still without power, how can property owners—whether business or homeowners—protect themselves against crime?

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  NY, NJ and Conn.: No Hurricane Deductibles After Sandy

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 2, 2012

  New York, New Jersey and Connecticut officials say Sandy was a post-tropical cyclone at the time of landfall, and therefore insurers will not be permitted to apply hurricane deductibles.

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  Top 5 Annuity Trends to Watch in 2012 and 2013

  By Christopher Raham, Gerry Murtagh  |  October 2, 2012

  As the annuity industry deals with unprecedented challenges, advisors must keep abreast of product changes to help their clients make prudent decisions.