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MetLife Providing Banking and Mortgage Services

MetLife is making acquisitions so that the company is able to provide products and services that range beyond life insurance and annuities. In 2008, MetLife acquired two companies that provide mortgage-related services. One of these companies--Everbank Reverse Mortgage --is involved in the reverse mortgage business. MetLife, which technically is a bank holding company, seeks to create multiple product relationships with customers that either complement or augment their core life and annuity...

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Financial Crisis Will be Seen Fundamentally as a Crisis for Retirees and Near Retirees

Professor James Galbraith provided a keynote address at a recent industry conference sponsored by NAVA—the Association for Insured Retirement Solutions.

Professor Galbraith comes from the Economics department at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. A Keynesian and an author most recently of The Predator State, Professor Galbraith has been a consistently strong and vocal advocate of government stimulus and intervention in response to the financial crisis.

Professor Galbraith’s basic message is that...

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Longevity Risk Listed as Top Retirement Risk - "Biggest and Most Difficult to Figure Out"

A list of ten risks faced by retirees includes the obvious such as stock market risk , but also includes issues that may not be top-of-mind for many retirees such as inflation risk and interest rate risk . Longevity risk is at the top of the list. Immediate annuities and the longevity annuity are mentioned as a potential solutions to the risk of outliving one's assets: "Given that, what's the best way to manage that risk? Social Security , traditional pensions and payout annuities all promise...

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