MetLife

• FISOC Nears First Non-Bank 'Systemically Significant' Designation

  By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 24, 2013

  Designation of insurer would be a change after 150 years of strictly state regulation.

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  Ever-Rising Benefits Costs Are Tough to Manage

  By Peter Strozniak  |  January 30, 2013

  Credit unions compete to recruit and retain quality employees by offering a wide range of benefits. But could that competitive edge be in jeopardy because of rapidly rising costs?

• Nationwide Settles Case Over Misuse of Social Security Death Master File

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  October 12, 2012

  The DMF is the primary tool by which the life insurance industry determines when annuitants and policyholders have died.

• Fed Seen Rethinking How Insurance Companies Face Bank Stress Tests

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  October 4, 2012

  Analyst says recent action by the Fed regarding MetLife and its bank implies the Fed may be rethinking the use of bank metrics.

• FSOC Starts Clock on Designating A Non-Bank as Systemically Significant

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  October 2, 2012

  The Financial Stability Oversight Council has started the clock on a six-month process for designating a non-bank as systemically significant.

• Due to Economic Downturn, Grandparents Providing Financial Support

  By Michael K. Stanley  |  September 11, 2012

  Mostly for education and investments, at an average cost of $8,289, according to MetLife study.

• Retirement Income Will Be 'Biggest Trend' Over Next 5 Years

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  June 11, 2012

  Plan sponsors and recordkeepers agree focus on retirement income one of the biggest retirement practice trends to emerge in near future, new research reveals.

• Mortgage Industry Employment Seen on the Rise

  By Marc Rapport  |  May 21, 2012

  Employment in the mortgage industry has risen for the past three quarters, a new report said Monday.

• Retirement Planning Includes Cost of Caring for Aging Parents

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  July 24, 2011

  Over the past 15 years, the percentage of adult children providing personal care and financial assistance to a parent has more than tripled.

• Oregon CU Extends Awareness, Education Efforts With Online Newsletter

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 2, 2010

  Northwest Community Credit Union members can now use their favorite social networking sites to share such nuggets of information as financial advice and what's up with the credit union's bicycle-powered blenders.