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The insurer's asset management arm says Optique has $800 million in mutual fund and separately managed account assets under management.

The CMO Council researched the misalignment, and found isolation and mutual distrust in both camps.

In the first three quarters of last year, bank holding companies tallied $9.73 billion in insurance brokerage fee income—up 7% from the same period in 2009.

To navigate through the changing market, insurers will think, act and spend differently in 2011.

Broker-dealers and advisers must not only learn to appreciate social media, but be willingness to actively use it in order to woo this client base.

Mobile devices are booming, but may never become the computing platform of choice for enterprises.

What the SEC says and thinks it wants and what will most likely materialize figures to be a much different story.

Total annuity sales have grown 24% since they hit a low in January 2010.

Discover Financial Services is buying about $1.1 billion in deposits from the insurer's retail banking arm.

Mobile browsers, which are readily available and can be supported on any mobile device, may be a better option for insurance IT departments with overstretched resources.