Less is more, at least when it comes to consumers’ interest in reading prospectus information about variable annuities (VA).

A new financial advisor for Capital Guardian Wealth Management has opened a new independent office in Wilmington, N.C.

The Baltimore chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors will hold a meeting looking at retirement income architects Oct. 14 at 8 a.m. at the Sheppard Pratt Conference Center in Towson, Md.

A National Football League player has settled a civil suit in which he alleged that a financial advisor he was introduced to by his agent put his money into unauthorized investments.

Mark Hurley is going to either face a firing squad of his peers, or be rewarded for opening their eyes to what he says is reality.

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Having survived a scandal of its own, American International Group may be dropping one of its long-term partners under intense scrutiny by federal authorities.

A Scranton, Pa., financial advisor, who co-hosted a weekly radio program called “Money In Motion,” was sentenced to 45 months in prison after telling a federal judge that he was “so full of himself,” he thought he could earn back the money he was taking from clients starting in 2006.

Just about half of consumers say building a retirement fund is one of their most important financial concerns, a new survey finds, yet the majority do not have a written financial plan in place.

The nation’s largest independent broker-dealer, LPL Financial Corp., has chosen Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America as its strategic partner for its new Retirement Plus Program.

Security Mutual Life, through its subsidiary, Security Administrators, has published a new retirement plan guide for fully insured plans and cash balance plans.

Binghamton, N.Y.-based Security Mutual’s new retirement plan guide …  Read →