Bank Insurance News Analysis

WEALTH MANAGEMENT INCOME SLOWS IN FIRST HALF 2012
November 13, 2012 - Bank and thrift holding companies tallied $59.40 billion in wealth management income in first half 2012, down 6.6% from $63.59 billion in first half 2011, according to the new Michael White-IPI Bank Wealth Management Report.
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39.7% HIKE IN NUMBER OF BANK HOLDING COMPANIES WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT INSURANCE GROWTH
October 29, 2012 - Bank holding companies set new records in insurance brokerage fee income in the second quarter and year-to-date in the first half of 2012, according to the Michael White-Prudential Bank Fee Income Report.
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BOLI ASSETS REACH $146.3 BILLION IN 1ST HALF 2012
October 23, 2012 - Bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) assets reached $146.3 billion in first half 2012, reflecting an 8.6% increase, according to the Michael White/Meyer-Chatfield Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) Holdings Report.
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BANK ANNUITY INCOME UP, BUT NUMBER OF GROWING BANK ANNUITY PROGRAMS DECLINES
October 22, 2012 - Income earned from the sale of annuities at bank holding companies in the first half of 2012 hit $1.58 billion, up 3.4% over $1.53 billion earned in first half 2011, according to the Michael White-ABIA Bank Annuity Fee Income Report.
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COMMUNITY BANK INVESTMENT PROGRAMS HAVE BEST 1ST HALF IN SIX YEARS
October 9, 2012 - Income earned from the sale of annuities at banking companies was higher in first quarter 2012, according to the Michael White-ABIA Bank Annuity Fee Income Report. However, annuity income would have been down were it not for the contributions of new reporters in the form of thrift holding companies and new bank holding company Raymond James Financial, Inc.
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BANK INSURANCE BROKERAGE INCOME SLIPS FROM RECORD HIGH IN 1Q
September 4, 2012 - Despite attaining their second highest aggregate first-quarter results, banking companies reported first-quarter insurance brokerage fee income of $1.81 billion was down 10.7% from the current record set in first quarter 2011, according to the Michael White-Prudential Bank Fee Income Report. Thus far in 2012, 56.7% of large top-tier holding companies engaged in insurance brokerage activities.
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BANK BOLI ASSETS REACHED $145.6 BILLION IN 1Q 2012
August 13, 2012 - Bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) assets reached $145.6 billion in first quarter 2012, reflecting an 8.7% increase from first quarter 2011, according to the Michael White/Meyer-Chatfield Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) Holdings Report.
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60% OF MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY BANK INVESTMENT PROGRAMS GROW IN FIRST QUARTER
August 9, 2012 - Community bank investment programs registered growth in first quarter 2012, mostly due to the influx of newly-reporting savings association or thrifts, according to the Michael White-Securities America Report: Community Bank Investment Programs. Still, nearly half of more than 400 community banks on track to earn a minimum of $250,000 in program revenues registered double-digit growth.
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BANK ANNUITY FEE INCOME DECLINES IN 1Q2012 OFFSET BY NEW THRIFT AND BANK HOLDING COMPANY REPORTERS
July 31, 2012 - Income earned from the sale of annuities at banking companies was higher in first quarter 2012, according to the Michael White-ABIA Bank Annuity Fee Income Report. However, annuity income would have been down were it not for the contributions of new reporters in the form of thrift holding companies and new bank holding company Raymond James Financial, Inc.
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RECORD WEALTH MANAGEMENT INCOME OVER $118 BILLION IN 2011
June 30, 2012 - Bank holding companies tallied a record $118.4 billion in wealth management income in 2011, according to the new Michael White-IPI Bank Wealth Management Report.
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BOLI ASSETS REACHED $143.7 BILLION IN 2011
May 8, 2012 - Bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) assets reached $143.67 billion in 2011, reflecting a 2.8% increase from 2010, according to the 2012 edition of the Michael White/Meyer-Chatfield BOLI Holdings Report.
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BANK INSURANCE BROKERAGE REGISTERS RECORD IN 2011
May 1, 2012 - Bank holding companies tallied a record $7.70 billion in insurance brokerage fee income in 2011, up 9.1% from 2010, according to the Michael White-Prudential Bank Fee Income Report.
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BANK ANNUITY FEE INCOME UP IN 2011
April 18, 2012 - Income earned from the sale of annuities at bank holding companies rose to $2.84 billion in 2011, up 10.4% from 2010, according to the Michael White-ABIA Bank Annuity Fee Income Report.
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COMMUNITY BANK INVESTMENT PROGRAMS GROW, BUT SLOW AT YEAR-END 2011
March 20, 2012 - Revenues of community bank investment programs in 2011 exceeded those in 2010, but revenue growth slowed in the third and fourth quarters, according to the 2012 Michael White-Securities America Report: Community Bank Investment Programs.
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BANK INSURANCE BROKERAGE REGISTERS RECORD 3 QUARTERS
February 7, 2012 - Over the first three quarters of 2011, bank holding companies tallied a record $5.89 billion in insurance brokerage fee income, up 14.4% from the same period in 2010, according to the Michael White-Prudential Bank Fee Income Report.
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BOLI ASSETS CONTINUE TO CLIMB, FAVORING HYBRID ACCOUNTS
January 24, 2012 - Separate account life insurance assets continued to constitute the majority of total bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) assets in three quarters of 2011, according to the Michael White/Meyer-Chatfield BOLI Holdings Report.
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COMMUNITY BANK INVESTMENT PROGRAM GROWTH THROUGH THREE QUARTERS IS GOOD, BUT SLOWING
January 16, 2012 - Community bank investment programs continued to perform well in the first three quarters of 2011 with increases in securities brokerage fee income and annuity commissions and fees, according to the Michael White-Securities America Report: Community Bank Investment Programs.
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BANK ANNUITY FEE INCOME CLIMBED 22.6% THROUGH FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 2011
January 10, 2012 - Income earned from the sale of annuities at bank holding companies climbed 22.6% to a record $2.26 billion in the first three quarters of 2011, according to the Michael White-ABIA Bank Annuity Fee Income Report.
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