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Thrivent Grows Core Businesses by 10%
Posted on February 24th, 2011 No commentsThrivent Financial’s core businesses of life and health insurance and annuity sales grew by 10.1 percent in 2010, according to the company. The not-for-profit membership organization, which is headquartered in Minneapolis and has a large presence in Appleton, characterized its annual financial results as “strong” and noted that eligible members will receive an estimated $304 million in dividends this year, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. -
FBI Investigating Bank-Owned Insurance Co.
Posted on June 12th, 2010 No commentsThe FBI is investigating possible financial crimes committed by former employees of Manson Insurance. Managers at River Valley Bank in Wausau, Wis., which bought Manson Insurance in April 2009, have no reason to suspect any current employees, bank president Steve Anderson said in the Wausau Daily Herald.
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Northwestern Mutual Pays 2nd Highest Dividend
Posted on January 28th, 2010 No commentsNorthwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. said it will pay $4.7 billion in dividends to policy owners this year, even as the company’s net income fell 33.5 percent to $321 million from $483 million in 2008. The company said 2,340 new full-time financial representatives joined its network in 2009, up 12 percent from 2008. Read more in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.