The LARGEST FINRA FINE ABOUT ANNUITIES –METLIFE
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed MetLife Securities, Inc. $20 million and ordered it to pay $5 million to its customers for misrepresenting its variable annuities. FINRA investigated Metlife’s annuities sales practices from 2009-2014 and found that Metlife had:
• Generated at least $152 million in commissions from 2009-2014 by convincing investors to replace one annuity with a Metlife annuity
• Misrepresented to customers that their existing annuities were more expensive than Metlife annuities
• Misrepresented to investors that their existing annuities performed worse than Metlife annuities
• Failed to supervise annuity replacements, thereby allowing brokers to switch customers from one annuity to another annuity
• Approved 99.79 percent of all variable annuity replacement applications, despite inaccurate information on most of them
• Sent its customers quarterly account statements that misrepresented that no fees were charged when, in fact, there were large fees
If you own a Metlife annuity and believe you were misled into surrendering another annuity to buy a Metlife annuity, please contact us by calling me at or completing and submitting this form.
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If you’ve lost money due to fraud or an investor that chose to not work in your best interest, contact your attorney today. And when you want and expect the best from your lawyer, you turn to Diane A. Nygaard.
ABOUT DIANEIt is difficult to believe that someone you have trusted with your savings might have abused that trust. However, the securities laws require active supervision of all investment advisors. Most cases I have handled could have been prevented had the brokerage firm or advisory firm complied with the supervisory regulations. Cases can proceed against the firm. It is not legally necessary to name the individual broker.
Diane Nygaard, P.A.
Success for Investors
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