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• Moody's Says Sandy Likely to Drive Further Rate Increases

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 1, 2012

  Moody’s reports that one positive result of Hurricane Sandy for insurance companies is that the event will likely help support price increases going into 2013.

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  TDF Trends: Falling Fees, Blossoming Asset Diversity

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 20, 2012

  BrightScope and Target Date Analytics recently released their newest study in the “Popping the Hood” series, providing a detailed analysis of TDFs and fund families.

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  Top 10 Best & Worst Sports Business Deals

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  August 24, 2011

  AdvisorOne looks at how the business of sports has gobbled up the landscape from Citi Field to Lambeau Field and Tiger Woods to Li Na.

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  Sponsors Limit Target Date Fund Picks: FRC Study

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 10, 2011

  Although an entire series of target date funds may be marketed to retirement plan sponsors, they may decide to choose only a few funds out of the series, according to a new analysis of 401(k) recordkeeper platforms by the Financial Research Corporation

• Americans Need Financial Plan B: State Farm

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  July 22, 2011

  Americans do not have a back-up plan for their finances, State Farm says, and of those who do, 58% say it only exists in their head.

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  Morningstar Rates Target-Date Funds: Vanguard, T. Rowe, JPM, American Tops

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 6, 2011

  Morningstar has updated its target-date fund family ratings for Q1 2011. Topping the list are funds run by Vanguard, T. Rowe Price, JPMorgan and American Funds.

• American College to Launch Center for Women and Financial Services

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 27, 2011

  The American College announced Thursday that it would be launching the Center for Women and Financial Services, thanks to a $2.8 million donation from State Farm Insurance.

• Cherchez les Femmes

  By Nancy R. Mandell  |  April 1, 2008

  About 150 investment advisors from the greater metropolitan area were gathered for a presentation and cocktails in midtown Manhattan at the invitation of Charles Schwab...

• Swept Away?

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2007

  The repercussions from Hurricane Katrina have not yet died down, and the effects may reach much farther than the need to rebuild. Insurance companies are on...

• Absolute Truths on Marketing

  By Staff Writer  |  October 1, 2003

  Harry Beckwith is a marketing genius and advisors can learn a lot from him. His first book, Selling the Invisible (Warner Books, 1997), has sold...