Investing in assets such as shares, funds and bonds can be a good way to produce higher returns than cash-based savings in the long run. However, the value of investments can go down as well as up, ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Eliana Rodgers The general account is where an insurer deposits premiums from ...

In a low-interest-rate environment, money managers say they are seeing strong interest and hires by insurance companies looking for ways to increase returns in their general accounts through ...