Allianz LIfe announced an operating profit of $381 million in the first half of 2012, up considerably from the same period in 2011.

Can the retirement crisis be solved through a new, government-sponsored and non-optional social safety net, paid by further taxing the rich? Probably not.

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DOL issues further explanation on the issue of designated investment alternatives for 401(k)-styled programs and their fiduciary responsibilities.

Fidelity and Rutgers University have awarded a fellowship for study into the reasons why some workers don't invest in employee stock purchase programs.

Members of the retirement planning community have been asked to share their input on the role of social media in the industry as part of a new survey conducted by a California-based group.

American workers have begun to rank their retirement benefits as being just as important as their health care benefits, according to new research.

The long-held expectations of financial returns as seen in a decade ago are beginning to paralyze the nation's largest public pension plans, and their future.