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	<title>Sheryl J Moore</title>
	
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		<title>Choli rollers: Aviva to settle charges in alleged church insurance scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 02:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurer originally sought $2.1 million in case involving 131 parishioners; only two defendants left By Darla Mercado May 25, 2012 Aviva Life &#38; Annuity Co. is settling charges against a group of insurance agents who allegedly sold coverage to some 131 church members under false pretenses. The settlement notice, filed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIMRA: Life Combination Products Continue to Grow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The popularity of life combination products has proven not to be just a trend. The amalgamated products grew 56 percent in 2011, representing a third consecutive year of double-digit growth. The findings published by LIMRA, Windsor Conn., in their 2011 Individual Life Combination Products Annual Review stated that total new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AnnuitySpecs.com Reports 13% Rise in Fixed Indexed Annuities Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Warren S. Hersch May 22, 2012 • Sales of fixed indexed annuities rose 13% in the first quarter of 2012, according to a new report. AnnuitySpecs.com, a unit of Moore Market Intelligence, published this finding in the site’s 59th edition of Indexed Sales &#38; Market Report, which provides sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRI’s Weatherford: Want More Clients? Go Holistic.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Cathy Weatherford May 22, 2012 • The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) joined with other financial industry, education and advocacy organizations last month to lead National Retirement Planning Week, a national effort to increase awareness of the need for comprehensive retirement planning. Throughout the week, we were able to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morningstar Launches New Variable Annuity Review Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maria Wood May 21, 2012 • Morningstar, Inc. has launched a new web-based tool that allows financial professionals to easily research and evaluate variable annuity contracts. Live today, the Morningstar Annuity Intelligence describes features in a variable annuity in simplified terms, says Kevin Loffredi, vice president, annuity solutions, software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Indexed Annuities Keep Charging Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Linda Koco AnnuityNews In the first quarter, indexed annuities topped the charts in sales growth among all annuity lines as compared to first quarter 2011. The sales volume still did not surpass that of more traditional annuity products, such as variable annuities and fixed deferred annuities, but in terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ratings upgrade a real benefit to Security Benefit, says insurer’s boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kiley says A rating will boost distribution of annuities; carrier&#8217;s premiums already on the rise By Darla Mercado May 23, 2012 Now that Security Benefit Life Insurance Co.&#8217;s ratings have been bumped into the A range, chief executive Michael Kiley hopes to get more banks and broker-dealers selling the insurer&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Should Evaluate Life Insurance Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Taylor, Daniel R Proquest LLC When it comes to safeguarding a family&#8217;s financial future, there is a troubling gap between men and women. According to a survey commissioned by COUNTRY Financial, about four in 10 women say their family would not live comfortably if they died. Additionally, around 80 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIMRA: Annuity Sales Fall 8% in 1Q, Despite IAs’ Rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WINDSOR, Conn. May 18, 2012—Total annuity sales declined eight percent in the first quarter compared to the first quarter of 2011, to reach $54.8 billion. Variable annuity sales, which largely sustained overall sales the past eight quarters, experienced a seven percent drop in the first quarter, totaling $36.8 billion. “As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ING’s Tope: ‘We’ve Always Had a Very Strong Indexed Annuity Business.’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q&#38;A with ING&#8217;s Chad Tope By Maria Wood May 18, 2012 • Much has changed in the annuity world in recent months. Several carriers have exited the variable annuity business, while new channels of distribution have opened up for indexed annuities. Shadowing all these shifts is a tenacious low interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acting Aviva PLC CEO Hints at Sale of Business Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maria Wood May 18, 2012 • The sale of Aviva USA may be closer to reality after the acting head of the unit’s U.K.-based parent company stated that the company will consider the disposition of some of its business lines. In a statement released Thursday, John McFarlane, executive deputy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Care About Your Online Brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Greider May 15, 2012 • Did you know your brand starts with your online storefront and presence, also known as your website and anything else that the general public can find about you online? That’s right, your website, your Facebook account and everything else posted about you online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AnnuitySpecs.com Releases First Quarter, 2012 Indexed Sales Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty-four indexed annuity carriers participated in the 59th edition of AnnuitySpecs.com’s Indexed Sales &#38; Market Report, representing 99% of indexed annuity production. Total first quarter sales were $8.0 billion, down just under 3% from the previous quarter. As compared to the same period last year, sales were up more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hartford Promotes Johnson To CIO And Gervasi To Lead HR</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Wire, Inc. HARTFORD, Conn.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; The Hartford has promotedBrion Johnson to the position of chief investment officer and president ofHartford Investment Management Company, andMartha Gervasi to the position of executive vice president of Human Resources. Both executives report to the company’s Chairman, President and CEOLiam E. McGee, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Eager For Life Insurance, Survey Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PR Newswire Association LLC NEW YORK, May 17, 2012/PRNewswire/ &#8211; A prime reason many uninsured individuals don&#8217;t have insurance coverage is that no carrier has invited them to purchase their products, according to a Deloittesurvey of life insurance buyers. Even insured individuals who are open to buying additional coverage often say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Quarter 2012 Indexed Insurance Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indexed Annuity AnnuitySpecs.com’s Indexed Sales &#38; Market Report, 1st Quarter 2012 shows first quarter 2012 indexed annuity sales were $8071 million, compared with sales of $7115 million for the first quarter of 2011. First quarter indexed annuity sales were down nearly 3.00% when compared with the previous quarter, and up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aviva to weigh selling some units</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurer&#8217;s ex-CEO had said he&#8217;d consider offers for W.D.M.-based U.S. division 11:52 PM, May. 17, 2012  &#124;   Written by ADAM BELZ The acting head of Aviva’s global company said Thursday that the company would take a hard look at all its businesses and decide which to keep. Analysts have speculated for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allstate Files $14 Million Fraud Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PR Newswire Association LLC HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., May 16, 2012/PRNewswire/ &#8211; Allstate Insurance Company is seeking to recover $14 millionagainst 111 New Yorkarea defendants in its 4th insurance fraud lawsuit of 2012. The complaint, filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (&#8220;RICO&#8221;) and principles of common law, alleges that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aviva Survey Links Women’s Stress Level to Their Financial Situation and Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Warren S. Hersch May 17, 2012 •   A strong relationship exists between women’s level of stress, how they feel about their financial situation and their health, according to new research. Aviva USA, West Des Moines Iowa, published this finding in a summary of results from a survey conducted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broker-Dealer ordered to recover $1M+ in annuities sold to elderly widow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston Business Journal by Thomas Grillo, Real Estate Editor Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 1:39pm EDT Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal H. Beck, a Maryland-based broker-dealer, has been ordered by the Massachusetts Secretary of State to refund more than $1 million in annuities improperly sold to an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary of state: Investment adviser took advantage of elderly widow with possible Alzheimer’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alli Knothe, Globe Correspondent A Maryland-based investment firm has been ordered to return more than $1 million after an employee allegedly took advantage of an elderly widow likely suffering from dementia. Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin also levied a $90,000 fine, as well as several other financial sanctions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seniors on Their Finances and Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel Williams May 16, 2012 •   In our annual senior survey, we asked older consumers how they feel about their current financial and health situation. We also got them to talk about how well they have prepared for the present and their retirement. Read on to find out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Young Insurance Agents Are Changing the Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; There’s a change happening — a big change. And some say young independent insurance agents are the catalyst for that change. They may even be leading a revolution, of sorts, says one young agent leader. Jason D. Cass, owner of the JDC Insurance Group based in Centralia, Ill., who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natalie Choate Talks Estate Planning &amp; Annuities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s coming next: higher taxes in 2013, a wave of boomer Roth conversions and more. By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne May 11, 2012 •   To judge by the hundreds of attentive advisors who packed the Chicago Hilton’s International Ballroom on Thursday, nothing can compare to getting estate planning advice from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transamerica: More than Three-Quarters of Workers Fund an Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Warren S. Hersch MAY 16, 2012 • More than three in four workers continue to fund an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to a new report. Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, Los Angeles, disclosed this finding in its 13th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey. The online survey polled a nationally representative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. Agent Arrested for Alleged $2 Million Investment Fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best&#8217;s News Service &#8211; May 16, 2012 04:05 PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8211; A former Florida insurance agent was arrested on grand theft charges for allegedly misrepresenting factual details of financial products, including variable annuities, to several elderly clients who lost more than $2 million from the unsuitable investments, state officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annuity Carrier Exits: Tsunamis or Small Waves?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted By: Editor On 5/16/2012 11:11:00 AM By Linda Koco AnnuityNews The news that Andrew Moss is resigning from as chief executive of Aviva, Britain’s largest insurer, set off another round of annuity industry jitters. Those jitters get stirred up every time a major annuity carrier makes a market exit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annuities Are Always in Vogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eric Thomes May 15, 2012 • Clients need guarantees, not Wall Street promises. From a financial industry perspective, the first quarter of 2012 was a reason to celebrate. The stock market had its best first quarter in 14 years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 8 percent and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonlife Profit Surges For Allianz, Life Results Fell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David   Pilla Allianz SE said a strong earnings recovery in the first quarter added to management&#8217;s sense of optimism that its life and nonlife insurance businesses will do well following the impact of catastrophe losses of 2011 and a weak European economy. Chief Financial Officer Oliver Bate said in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prudential Cracks Top 10 on “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” list</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael K. Stanley May 9, 2012 • Prudential Financial has secured a top spot on DiversityInc magazine’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” list. A total of 587 companies entered into the competition, an 11% uptick from the previous year. Prudential came in this year at number nine after being [...]]]></description>
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