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  Consumers Drastically Overestimate Life Insurance Costs

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2012

  Consumers are confused about the cost of life insurance, overestimating its cost by nearly three times, a report from LIMRA and the LIFE Foundation found.

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  New Hire Roundup: Solomon Named to SEC; Securities America Welcomes Lindsey

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2012

  This week in new hires, Matthew Solomon joined the SEC's enforcement division and John Lindsey went to Securities America.

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  Top 20 Companies for Annuity Sales

  By Marlene Y. Satter and Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  March 30, 2012

  Although sales of annuities fell in the second half of 2011, first-half sales were so strong they propelled total sales up by 8% in 2010, to $240.3 billion, says a LIMRA report.

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  The Hartford Exiting Life, Annuity Business, Exploring Sale of BD Woodbury

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2012

  The Hartford says it plans to concentrate on its mutual fund and property and casualty operations.

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  Financial Advisors Trusted Source for Help Understanding Retirement Issues: LIMRA Survey

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  February 24, 2012

  More than a third of Americans say they trust financial advisors most when it comes to understanding retirement issues, LIMRA reported on Friday.

• Retiree Confidence Returning to Pre-Crisis Level

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2011

  Retirees are returning to their 2008 attitudes about finances, even if they’re not quite there yet. Retirees feel more financially secure now than they did in 2009, the last time the survey was conducted.

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  Variable Annuity Activity Rises in Q2

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  August 18, 2011

  A pair of reports released this week from LIMRA and the Insured Retirement Institute found that variable annuities remain a popular investment in 2011.

• Variable Annuity Sales Up in Q4 2010: LIMRA

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  February 17, 2011

  LIMRA announced Wednesday that variable annuity sales for the fourth quarter improved 17% over the same period one year ago to reach $38.5 billion.

• Whole, Universal Life Sales Continue to Grow in Q3

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 22, 2010

  Once again, sales in whole life and universal life drove success in life insurance sales,according to LIMRA's U.S. Individual Life Insurance Sales survey.

• Life Sales Up, but Ownership Overall Down

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2010

  According to the recent "U.S. Individual Life Insurance Sales Survey" by LIMRA, sales of individual life insurance improved for the second consecutive quarter of 2010,...