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Corporate

5/9/12 12:27 pm EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced today that Fitch Ratings has affirmed the company’s AA+ credit rating with a stable outlook, citing its exceptionally strong balance sheet fundamentals, below-average investment risk, stable operating results and favorable operating profile. Fitch’s AA+, or “Very Strong” rating also applies to The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company (GIAC), the Guardian more...

3/19/12 7:28 am EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits, today announced that Denver, CO-based Wealth Strategies Group, LLC won the company’s coveted President’s Cup, which Guardian presents annually to the top-performing agency within its network of more than 80 national general agencies.

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3/5/12 5:00 am EST

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced today that Nancy E. Cooper, 58, has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors.

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2/8/12 9:56 am EST

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest more...

1/11/12 2:00 am EST

While many highly qualified unemployed and underemployed business professionals struggle to find job opportunities; others are building new and fulfilling careers as financial more...

1/9/12 9:14 am EST

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) today announced it is a founding member of the newly reorganized, not-for-profit SPARK Institute, created from the merger of two leading retirement plan industry associations, SPARK and The SPARK Institute. The resulting association represents a broad cross section of retirement plan service providers and asset managers.

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11/17/11 4:43 am EST

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the nation’s oldest and largest more...

9/29/11 2:30 am EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits, is making the benefits enrollment and administration process considerably easier for employees and employers with the launch of a multi-carrier online enrollment platform as part of their EnrollmentWorks program. This new system enables organizations of 50 or more employees to manage more...

9/27/11 10:16 pm EDT

The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (GIAC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), today introduced an enhanced fund line-up and focus list options for plan sponsors who utilize The Guardian Advantage® or The Guardian Choice® as the funding vehicle for their participant directed qualified retirement plan.

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8/19/11 10:35 am EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America was honored for four separate communications initiatives in the 2011 Insurance & Financial Communicators Association (IFCA) Awards, the industry’s annual more...

7/26/11 11:27 am EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced today that John J. Brennan has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Brennan is Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor of the Vanguard Group, Inc., a Malvern, PA -based investment management company with more than $1.5 trillion of assets under management. He served as Vanguard’s Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2008 and Chairman of its Board from 1998 to 2009 more...

5/24/11 8:25 am EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) and independent asset manager 57 Stars LLC (57 Stars), announced today the launch of an initiative to make private equity investments in select emerging markets. Guardian and 57 Stars have entered into a separate account agreement through which 57 Stars will commit roughly $100 million of Guardian capital over the next three years in private equity partnerships targeting select emerging more...

4/27/11 11:44 am EDT

The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (GIAC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), which issues annuities and variable life insurance policies and funding vehicles for 401(k)s, has been recognized with the J.D. Power and Associates Call Center Certification.

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4/20/11 6:00 am EDT

The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (GIAC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), which issues annuities and variable life insurance policies and funding vehicles for 401(k)s, has been recognized with the J.D. Power and Associates Call Center Certification.

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3/22/11 5:58 am EDT

Two core businesses of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) have been recognized by DALBAR, Inc., a leading market research and rating firm that specializes in raising the standard of excellence in customer service, communications and Internet services at financial institutions.

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3/17/11 10:54 am EDT

Today’s young and mid-career professionals readily assume that their working lives will be far less predictable than their parents’ career paths, but continue to place a high value on their ability to obtain insurance coverage through their various employment situations, according to consumer research commissioned by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian).

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2/3/11 11:09 am EST

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits, today announced the appointment of Dong H. Ahn to Senior Vice President of Group Insurance. Ahn joins Guardian with more than 20 years experience in the insurance industry, most recently leading Aetna’s Group Insurance Division. Ahn will play an integral role in continuing Guardian’s non-medical growth more...

11/17/10 7:00 pm EST

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved payment of $740 million in dividends to the company’s individual life policyholders in 2011. The allocation is the largest-ever distribution to Guardian’s participating policyholders and reflects a dividend interest rate of 6.85%.

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10/27/10 8:00 pm EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits, announced today that its Board of Directors has named Deanna M. Mulligan, 47, to the new role of President and Chief Operating Officer effective November 1, 2010. The Guardian Board further announced its intention to appoint Ms. Mulligan Chief Executive Officer, July 1, 2011 at which time she also will more...

9/20/10 8:00 pm EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) today announced the opening of the application season for the 2011 Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Award Program, a national competition designed to reward enterprising and community-minded teen girls, ages 12 to 18.

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8/15/10 8:00 pm EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced today that Patricia McLaughlin has joined the company as vice president, Interactive Media & Communications.

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7/8/10 8:00 pm EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced today that Standard & Poor's (S&P) has affirmed its AA+ (Very Strong) credit rating with a Stable Outlook. The rating affirmation also applies to The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, the Guardian subsidiary that issues variable insurance products, fixed annuities and 401(k) products.

According to S&P, Guardian's rating affirmation was more...

7/6/10 8:00 pm EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) today announced the winners of its 2010 Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Award Program, a national competition that recognizes teen girls ages 12 to 18 who demonstrate exceptional entrepreneurship and community service. This year's award marks Girls Going Places' 10th anniversary.

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6/13/10 8:00 pm EDT

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), a leading provider of insurance, retirement and investment products, and employee benefits, today announced that it has been recognized by IDG's CIO magazine as a recipient of the 2010 CIO 100. The 23rd annual award program recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT).

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6/2/10 8:00 pm EDT

For the first time, 50 teen girls from middle and high schools throughout the Washington, D.C. area will have an opportunity to attend the Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Conference presented by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), New York, NY. Girls Going Places will be held on June 11 from noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan Building (International Trade Center).

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