Executive-liability insurance is often the first line of financial defense for executives and directors caught up in litigation such as investor lawsuits. For others without such coverage, asset-protection trusts are …  Read →

On the same day The Hartford said it would break apart its life insurance operations, the company offered a $2 million bonus to the head of that division if he …  Read →

CLEARWATER — Would you buy life insurance from Kirstie Alley? Weird question, we know. The television and movie actor providing for one’s family after death may seem a bit … …  Read →

The Internal Revenue Service has identified and started reviewing almost 2 million tax returns for possible fraud, Deputy Commissioner Steven Miller told a U.S. Senate subcommittee.

After a yearlong investigation into the fast-growing online secondary markets for private company shares, the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two fund managers with misleading investors and racking up …  Read →

LPL Financial recently signed two executives from the wirehouse arena and recruiters are saying the defections speak to the narrowing prestige gap between wirehouses and IBDs.

Describing themselves as part of the wealthy 1 percent, Susan and John Rippinger believe strongly in giving back to the community. What they don’t want to do is give more …  Read →

Judy Davidson dreaded the first Valentine’s Day after her husband of 49 years passed away in 2008. She certainly never expected to spend it riding in a limo with a …  Read →

A former Baton Rouge, La., man who once faked his death to elude authorities must remain in custody until more hearings in his case.