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Insurers must work harder to educating advisors on how their products work if they want to boost sales, LIMRA says.

SMA report says agencies may open wallets to improve areas such as product development and premium volume rebounds.

LifeGuard Freedom 6 Net features a Joint Option to guarantee income for policyholders, and a 6% bonus for the first 10 years if no withdrawals are made.

Progressive named Joanna Wright of Harvey Monteith Insurance the winner of its contest.

Insurer looks to bring investment capabilities of Sun Life’s Boston-based asset management arm to Canadian retail investors.

Branded Marketing LLC is trying to combat churn by offering free Chubb insurance policies to users of its prepaid MasterCards.

The boundary between where social networking for an employer stops, and personal networking begins keeps getting fuzzier and fuzzier.

Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group is planning an initial public offering for its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation (LMAC).

As insurers expand accessibility for the customer and distribution systems, streamlining supporting processes becomes even more important.

While insurers' annuity sales seem to be steady, banks' fixed annuity sales fell 16% from Q3 to Q4 in 2009, and 43% year-over-year.