Insurance

As the Federal Reserve mulls raising interest rates, a majority of U.S. investors have taken advantage of the low rates, according to the third-quarter Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index survey. The survey of 1,006 investors …

Farmland increasingly is attracting the attention of investors, reports DesMoineRegister.com. Investors have turned to farmland as part of a sweeping push into physical assets – everything from lumber, hotels and apartments to parking meters, bridges and highways. …

The third annual Global Insurance Symposium will be held in Des Moines April 26-28, 2016. The symposium is designed to enhance and further the dialogue on the issues facing today’s insurance industry by bringing together …

Total second-quarter sales of indexed annuities were $12.2 billion, up nearly 8 percent compared with first-quarter sales, but down more than 2 percent compared with second quarter 2014 sales, according to Wink’s Sales & Market …

Casey’s General Stores Inc. reported earnings per share of $1.57 for the first quarter of fiscal 2016, which ended July 31, compared with $1.28 per share for the same quarter a year ago. “The company …

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ president testified before Congress today in support of the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act, the NAIC said in a release. NAIC President Monica Lindeen spoke on behalf of the …