Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> January 29, 2001

Life Insurance Stocks: Colin Devine – Salomon Smith Barney

COLIN DEVINE, CFA, CMA is a Director within Salomon Smith Barney's research division responsible for providing equity research coverage on a diverse group of North America life insurance companies. He has been the author of numerous published articles on a variety of subjects relating to the North American life insurance industry. Mr. Devine was previously associated with Standard & Poor's Insurance Ratings Group and Canadian Life Insurer. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Management Accountant. Mr. Devine received a BSc in Biology from the University of Guelph and an MBA in Finance from York University in Toronto. Profile
TWST: What do the life insurance companies you analyze have in common?

Mr. Devine: I think what we are seeing is a growing trend in their

metamorphosis into becoming wealth managers versus