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Only 9% of Advisors "Not Doing Anything Differently" in Terms of Practice Management. Nearly Half of Advisors Transitioning Transactional Clients to Fee-Based Accounts. TACOMA, Wash.
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Hub International Limited, a leading insurance brokerage firm, announced today that it has acquired the shares of Sinclair Cockburn Financial Group, a Toronto, Ontario-based insurance and financial services firm with approximately $11 million in annual revenues.
Insurance companies now able to do business with credit unions
Albany, N.Y., Sept. 1, 2010—Governor Paterson signed legislation on Aug. 30 that will enable insurance companies to deposit funds in credit unions. Property and casualty insurance companies as well as certain other insurance companies are now able to invest up to $250,000 in share certificates with credit unions where they are eligible for membership through this legislation which was signed into law as Chapter 461...
A vast majority of companies worldwide are having difficulty attracting the critical-skill and talented employees needed to help them rebound and prosper in the wake of the economic crisis...
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The U.S. life insurance industry is now entangled in the "too big to fail" debate as a result of an amendment to the financial-services regulatory reform law that imposes higher capital requirements on financial institutions...