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  Public Sector Overwhelmingly Favors Pension-Style Retirement: NIRS

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  September 29, 2011

  A study found DB plans are strongly preferred over DC plans in the public sector, and investment returns are higher in DB plans than in 401(k)s.

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  Big Companies' Pension-Funded Status Up $25 Billion in June: Milliman

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  July 8, 2011

  Rising interest rates offset $10 billion investment loss from corporate pension plans.

• U.S. Corporate Pensions End 2010 With 'Optimistic Close:' Milliman

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2011

  While funded status for corporate pensions was down at year-end 2010, the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index was optimistic about pensions' future.

• Annuitize Your Long Term Care Business

  By David Port  |  June 1, 2010

  We recently looked into the burgeoning market for "combination" life insurance products that come with a long term care component. That was only half...

• Linked for life: Combining LI and LTCI for new sales

  By David Port  |  May 1, 2010

  About once a week, Carl Friedrich fields a call from a life insurance producer or advisor. They quiz him about a growing but still relatively...

• Help in Penetrating the LTCI Market

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 28, 2010

  Industry trade group publishes new guide to aid boomer clients

• Help in penetrating the LTCI market

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 28, 2010

  How long do long-term care insurance claims last? Do claimants typically exhaust limited-duration policies? If you're having trouble with LTCI market penetration due to confusion...

• Redesigned annuities hit marketplace

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 4, 2010

  A string of redesigned variable annuities are hitting the market, after life insurers last year yanked the products that proved too generous to customers and...

• Study reveals risk of critical illness

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 4, 2010

  A 25-year-old male non-smoker has a 24 percent chance of having a critical illness (cancer, heart attack or stroke) prior to turning age 65. The...