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    MetLife Q4 Earnings: Lower Profits, Moratorium On Share Buybacks

    MetLife (NYSE:MET) announced disappointing fourth quarter and full year 2015 results Thursday, February 4, with low interest rates and weak global economic conditions pressuring the company’s total revenues and operating profit. In Q4, tota...



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    FX Headwinds, Lower Interest Rates Soften MetLife’s Q1 Earnings

    MetLife (NYSE:MET) announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2015 on Wednesday. MetLife reported a 10% year-over-year (y-o-y) increase in operating income of over $1.6 billion on a constant currency basis, benefiting from growth in business...



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    India Opens Insurance Sector To Foreign Players

    The Indian parliament recently ratified the long-pending Insurance Laws (Amendments) Bill. The law has hiked the foreign investment limit for insurance companies to 49% from 26%, still requiring ownership of insurance ventures to remain with Indi...


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    Business Growth, Lower Investment Income Drive MetLife’s Earnings

    MetLife (NYSE:MET) reported better than expected earnings for the fourth quarter of 2014. For the fourth quarter operating income of $1.6 billion was up 2% year-over-year (y-o-y).  The company benefited from growth across regions, including the A...



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    Insurance Weekly Notes: MetLife, UnitedHealth

    In our weekly insurance note for the week ended January 16, we take a look at how UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) is pushing for more innovation and research in its Optum division, its fastest growing business. Optum offers health care services such as p...


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    Insurance Weekly Notes: MetLife, UnitedHealth

    During the week ended November 21, the stocks of both MetLife (NYSE:MET), which completed a merger of its subsidiaries, and UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH), which increased its presence on health exchanges for the second open enrollment period, posted po...




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    Insurance Weekly Notes: AIG, MetLife

    The trial to decide on the legality of AIG ’s (NYSE:AIG) bailout during the financial crisis continued this week with a few important testimonies. MetLife (NYSE:MET), on the other hand, maintained its stance against being considered a non-bank sy...


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    Life Insurance Weekly Recap: AIG, MetLife

    The past week did not see much movement in the stock prices of life insurance companies AIG (NYSE:AIG) and MetLife (NYSE:MET).  There were changes to AIG’s leadership structure and MetLife presented at the Asia Investor Conference in Tokyo. Belo...


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    MetLife Q2 Earnings Preview: FX Headwinds, Investments Will Be Key

    MetLife (NYSE:MET) is scheduled to report earnings for the second quarter of 2014 on Thursday, July 31. The insurance company reported mixed earnings for the first quarter, which were largely affected by FX headwinds, an after-tax loss of $343 mi...

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