Insurance

Symetra Financial Corp., a life insurer that counts Berkshire Hathaway Inc. among its largest shareholders, joined Apollo Global Management LLC to bid for Aviva PLC’s U.S. unit, two people with knowledge of the matter told …

Ah, the “fiscal cliff.” If you’re like us, you hope the buzzword buzzes out of the national conversation, and that a resolution to the issue is soon found. Unfortunately, the phrase and the variety of …

More than one-third of U.S. workers over 50 say they’re concerned about losing their jobs. And 44 percent say they have considered delaying retirement. A June survey of 1,600 active 401(k) and health plan participants …

Barrie Christman, chairman of Principal Bank, has been elected to chair the American Bankers Association’s Government Relations Council.

The council plays a role in developing legislative priorities for the association. Christman started at Principal Financial …

Customer satisfaction at credit unions has slipped in the past year, highlighting their challenge to serve customers who have left banks, according to the most recent report by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

The …

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said today that it had repurchased $1.2 billion of its own stock and raised the price at which it is willing to buy back shares, Reuters reported.

The conglomerate, which owns MidAmerican …

Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It’s a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, The …