Life & Health Insurance

Prudential Real Estate (NYSE: PRU) will acquire a majority interest in 595 Collins Street, an A Grade office complex in Melbourne, Australia's, central business district, the company announced today. PREI is real estate investment management and advisory business of Prudential Financial, Inc.

Stocks Near Or Above 52-Week High: Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) is currently trading at $39.86 which is near the 52 week high of $39.88. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is currently trading at $67.63 which is near the 52 week high of $67.70. Humana (NYSE: HUM) is currently trading at $70.86 which...

The U.S. business group of Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE: SLF) announced today a partnership with United Concordia Dental to offer group dental benefit plans. The agreement strengthens the group dental benefits offered by Sun Life's Employee Benefits Group division by adding UCD's extensive...

iPath Dow Jones-UBS Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN (NYSE: GAZ) traded higher today, along with natural gas futures. GAZ gained 4.68"%, and closed at $8.40. Direxion Daily China Bull 3x Shares ETF (NYSE :CZM) jumped 4.07% on Wednesday. CNOOC Limited (ADR) (NYSE: CEO) is a component of the...

Sun Life (NYSE: SLF) CEO's compensation has doubled versus the same prior period, according to Sun Life's management filing from 1:34pm today. Sun Life Financial (NYSE: SLF) today announced that its 2010 Annual Report and its Notice of Annual Meeting and Management Information Circular for the May...

Sun Life Financial (NYSE: SLF) today announced that its 2010 Annual Report and its Notice of Annual Meeting and Management Information Circular for the May 18, 2011 Annual Meeting are now available. These documents can be accessed electronically at www.sunlife.com/2010AnnualReport and www.sunlife....

In a report published by Deutsche Bank, MetLife's (NYSE: MET) new variable annuity (likely May 2011 launch) will have a new living benefits rider called GMIB Max. Deutsche Bank said that for the same fee (100 bps), the rider offers some increased benefits for the policyholder versus the old...

In a report published by Sterne Agee, Metlife (NYSE: MET) announced that current Chief Investment Officer, Steven Kandarian, 59, will succeed C. Robert Henrikson as CEO effective May 1, 2011 (and will take on the Chairman title at YE'11). Sterne Agee said that it expected MET's Board to announce...

The board of directors of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced today that Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Steven A. Kandarian will become MetLife's president and chief executive officer on May 1, 2011. He also will be nominated for election to the MetLife board at the company...

Aflac (NYSE: AFL) says the company sees no material impact from Japan earthquake

In our continued study on how the tragedy in Japan affects today's markets, let's follow up on our piece about four insurance companies insulated from Japan with an investigation of companies with heavy Japan exposure: 1) Aflac (AFL) donated 100 million yen ($1.26 million) to the International Red...

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC) Officer, Robert Dineen, reported that he sold 25,000 shares of LNC on March 15th for an average price of $29.51. The transaction totaled $737,713. Mr. Dineen owns 171,754 direct shares and 324 indirect shares of LNC. Source:...

In a report published by Deutsche Bank, Aflac (NYSE: AFL) is upgraded to Buy. Deutsche Bank said that Aflac's stock is down 10% YTD vs. 0% for the life group and up 2% for the S&P 500. “This includes a 9% decline over the past three trading days (reflecting a $2.3 bn loss of market cap). Aflac...

Analysts at UBS upgrade Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC) from “neutral” to “buy.” MFC shares dipped 5.50% to close at $16.31 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Deutsche Bank has upgraded Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) from Hold to Buy and maintains its $60 price target.