AARP
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AARP
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AARP Financial
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Association
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866-218-6142
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Life Insurance
Life insurance refers to a specified amount of capital—the death benefit—that is paid to beneficiaries upon the death of the policyholder. There are many different forms of life insurance including term life, whole life and universal life. Term life is arguably the most basic form of life insurance and is intended to provide financial protection through income replacement in the event of the premature death of the policyholder. There are also many different uses of life insurance such as income replacement, estate planning and tax planning.
J.G. Wentworth Files for Bankruptcy - Life Settlements Market in Flux
A major player in the life settlement market has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On Monday, J.G. Wentworth and two of its affiliates filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court. J.G. Wentworth had been very active in the life settlement market. The financial crisis has deeply impacted all securitization markets, and the life insurance market is no different. Life insurance policyholders who have already sold their life or annuity policies and received funds should be fine...
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A.M. Best Downgrades 64 Insurance Companies, Considers 3 Impaired
Rating agency A.M. Best has recently issued a report indicating that three insurance companies have become financially impaired thus far in 2009. A.M. Best considers an insurance company impaired once a state department of insurance has taken its first official regulatory action against the company. The three carriers considered impaired are: Shenandoah Life Insurance Company American Network Insurance Company Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company A.M. Best indicated that more impaired...
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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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Teacher's Insurance and Annuity Association of America Maintains Top AAA Rating
Moody's Investor Services indicated that it will maintain its highest (AAA) rating for the Teacher's Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and its subsidiary TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company . "TIAA has substantial capitalization and flexibility to maintain its financial strength in what is a very difficult economic environment," Moody’s Senior Credit Officer Arthur Fliegelman said in a statement. "However, the company has not been immune to environmental stresses, having...
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