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MetLife’s Earnings Dip On Derivative Losses But Operations Remain Strong
MetLife (NYSE:MET) reported a 78% year-on-year decline in net income for the second quarter of 2013, primarily affected by a $1.1 billion after-tax net derivative loss that the company incurred due to the recent surge in interest rates as well as...
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MetLife Earnings: U.S. Life Insurance Leadership And Asia Expansion Drive Growth
MetLife (NYSE:MET) is scheduled to report earnings for the second quarter of 2013 on July 31, with a conference call to discuss results on August 1. The company was recently notified that it had reached stage 3 of the process to be named a non-ba...
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Indian Government Opens The Gates Wider For Foreign Insurers
The Indian government has increased the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap on several sectors including insurance and telecom. The FDI limit for the insurance sector has been increased from 26% to 49%, allowing non-Indian entities like MetLife ...
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New Accounting Rules To Be Introduced For Insurance Companies
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is expected to propose new financial rules for U.S. insurance companies like AIG (NYSE:AIG), Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) and MetLife (NYSE:MET) today. The FASB has suggested that the new standar...
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MetLife’s Asian Potential Part 2: India And China
In a previous article, we discussed MetLife’s (NYSE:MET) potential in Asian markets with a focus on Japan. To recap, the company’s premiums from international operations have grown from $2.88 billion in 2008 to $13.29 billion in 2012 with over 60...
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MetLife’s Asian Potential Part 1: Japan
MetLife (NYSE:MET) is the biggest life insurance company in the U.S., with market share of 10% in the country’s life insurance market. However, with the financial downturn of 2008 leading to a slowdown in the U.S. market, the insurer is looking f...
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A Look At The Chinese Life Insurance Market
China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan) is the world’s fifth largest life insurance market. With over $130 billion in premium volume, the country accounts for 5% of the world’s premiums and 14% of the premiums originating in Asia. The industry con...
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MetLife Continues To Expand In Asia While Maintaining Share In The U.S.
MetLife’s (NYSE:MET) earnings for the first quarter of 2013 were helped by margin expansion. Premiums and fees collected by the company grew by 2% over the prior year period as did operating revenue while operating earnings increased by 12%. The ...
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50 Shares With Fastest Dividend Growth In April 2013
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Shares with highest dividend growth researched by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment . Only a growing business is a good business; that’s a major rule in economic...
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MetLife Earnings Preview: International Growth Is Key
MetLife (NYSE:MET) is scheduled to report earnings for the first quarter of 2013 on Thursday, May 2. The insurer’s stock has climbed 10% since it completed the sale of its bank deposit business to General Electric’s (NYSE:GE) GE Capital Finance I...
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An Overview Of The Japanese Life Insurance Market
Continuing our series on the world’s biggest life insurance markets, we turn our attention east towards Japan. Japan is the second biggest life insurance market in the world after the U.S., accounting for 20% of the world’s premiums and more than...
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A Look At The Indian Life Insurance Market
Globalization in the insurance business is not a new phenomenon as insurers like Canada’s Manulife (NYSE:MFC) have been operating outside of their borders for over a hundred years. However, recent spurts of development in Asia have caught t...
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Turnaround Stock Pick: MetLife (MET)
Submitted by George Putnam, III as part of our contributors program . MET Stock Offers Strong Brand Recognition, Management Prowess & Global Diversification–at a Depressed Price MetLife, Inc.: 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166; 212-...
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MetLife Cuts Back On Variable Annuities While Expanding In Emerging Markets
MetLife (NYSE:MET) reported net income of $96 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, down 90% from the 2011 net income. This decline was influenced by a $855 after-tax net derivative loss. MetLife has a derivatives program to reduce its exposur...
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MetLife Earnings Preview: Annuities And International Business In Focus
MetLife (NYSE:MET) is expected to announce earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 Thursday, February 14. The insurer has warned that low interest rates will hamper its ability to generate investment income and expects operating income for the f...
