Equitable to Pay $50M for Misleading Teachers on Annuity Fees
July 19, 2022 by Melanie Waddell
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges late Monday against Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co. for providing account statements to about 1.4 million variable annuity investors that included materially misleading statements and omissions concerning investor fees.
Equitable agreed to pay $50 million to harmed investors, most of whom are public school teachers and staff members, to settle the charges.
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