financial products

Travelers Broader Protection for Directors & Officers Is a Plus

July 8th, 2009

In unpredictable economic and financial environment, directors and officers, now more than ever, realize the need for personal asset protection. Travelers Bond & Financial Products introduces its enhanced Broad Form PLUS+SM Directors and Officers Liability policy. When other sources of indemnity are unavailable or unable to respond, this policy offers superior personal asset protection for [...]


VantisLife to Offer Life Insurance Products Through Astoria Federal Savings

July 6th, 2009

VantisLife Insurance Company announced that Astoria Federal Savings, headquartered in Lake Success, NY, will now offer insurance products via the company’s award-winning online quote and submit system. The offering will be made through VantisLife’s New York Company, VantisLife Insurance Company of New York.
Astoria Federal has been serving the New York market with quality financial [...]


VantisLife to Offer Life Insurance Products Through Astoria Federal Savings

July 3rd, 2009

VantisLife Insurance Company announced that Astoria Federal Savings, headquartered in Lake Success, NY, will now offer insurance products via the company’s award-winning online quote and submit system. The offering will be made through VantisLife’s New York Company, VantisLife Insurance Company of New York.
Astoria Federal has been serving the New York market with quality financial products [...]


Tracy L. Rich Joins Guardian as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

June 8th, 2009

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced that Tracy L. Rich will join the company as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective July 1.
Rich’s legal career spans more than 30 years and includes work in both the public and private sectors. As Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, [...]


deVere & Partners’ Global Distribution Alliance with Nomura

June 7th, 2009

The deVere Group, the world’s largest offshore Financial Advisory Firm together with Nomura, the global investment bank, have established a world-wide distribution alliance. Under this alliance, Nomura will provide deVere Advisors access to a series of exclusive offers from its range of structured investments. The first product to be launched on 1 June 2009 under [...]


Hospital Car Parking Fees Top the List of Life’s Biggest Injustices

May 30th, 2009

Having to pay and display whilst visiting loved ones in hospital is life’s biggest injustice payment according to new research released by The Co-operative ISA’s.
Hospital parking charges head the top 20 of raw deals, with 1 in 6 (17 per cent) people citing fees for visiting sick friends and relatives as the thing they [...]


John Hancock Launches New Accumulation Universal Life Insurance Product

February 11th, 2009

John Hancock Life Insurance today announced the launch of its new Accumulation UL product, a universal life policy that offers outstanding cash accumulation potential to address varying financial needs.
In particular, it performs especially well in short-pay, highly funded cash value accumulation scenarios.
“John Hancock Accumulation UL’s high-early cash values make it an excellent choice for high-net [...]


Bank of Ayudhya to Acquire AIG Retail Bank and AIG Card Thailand

February 5th, 2009

Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited (BAY) and American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced an agreement under which BAY will acquire AIG Retail Bank Public Company Limited and AIG Card (Thailand) Company Limited. The transaction, subject to the approval of the Bank of Thailand and BAY’s shareholders, is expected to be completed in April 2009.
Under [...]


New Tools Ease Burden of Major New Retirement Plan Reporting Rules

January 30th, 2009

Employers who sponsor retirement plans face rigorous new reporting requirements at the end of this calendar year. To comply, they need to start collecting and saving extensive additional data now.
The Principal Financial Group® has unveiled new tools to help ease the additional administrative burden on plan sponsors that comes with new Form 5500 and retirement [...]


Peoples Bancorp Inc. Shareholders Authorize Issuance of Preferred Shares

January 24th, 2009

At a Special Meeting of Shareholders held yesterday, the shareholders of Peoples Bancorp Inc. adopted an amendment to Article FOURTH of Peoples’ Amended Articles of Incorporation to authorize the issuance of preferred shares. Peoples was not previously authorized to issue preferred shares under its Amended Articles of Incorporation. This action enables Peoples to obtain final [...]