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Securian Unveils New GLWB with MultiOption Variable Annuities - MarketWatch (press release)

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:05:48 GMT

Securian Unveils New GLWB with MultiOption Variable Annuities
MarketWatch (press release)
PAUL, Minn., May 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Securian recently announced introduction of its Ovation Lifetime Income II guaranteed living withdrawal benefit (GLWB) rider, an optional rider available with certain Securian MultiOption variable annuities ...
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Is Now a Good Time for Annuities? - msnbc.com

Tue, 29 May 2012 20:15:55 GMT

Is Now a Good Time for Annuities?
msnbc.com
But one specialized set of investments -- annuities -- gets at the root of the problem by structuring payouts that are designed to last as long as you live, no matter how long that may prove to be. But is the unique advantage that annuities have over ...

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The Annuity Defined … Really? - Insurance News Net (press release)

Wed, 30 May 2012 17:05:24 GMT

The Annuity Defined … Really?
Insurance News Net (press release)
By Linda Koco What is an annuity? Advisors run into that question a lot. Despite the fact that annuities have been around for years, many consumers just don't get it. That lack of understanding gets in the way of good retirement income planning.
Investing in a retirement annuity may take absent concerns associated with ...The Bakersfield Voice
Legal & General's Golden Rules for Maximising Annuity Rates and IncomeMarketWatch (press release)
Will you live for as long as the Queen?Investors Chronicle
Hargreaves Lansdown -This is Money
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Annuity purchase 'offers more flexibility' - Key Retirement Solutions

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:21:32 GMT

Annuity purchase 'offers more flexibility'
Key Retirement Solutions
According to Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, an annuity could prove to be a good purchase to make, due to the fact it offers flexibility. Speaking to the Daily Express, he explained it is hard to predict what the future ...

Controversial New Report Details The Truth About The Looming Student Loan Debt ... - Virtual-Strategy Magazine

Thu, 31 May 2012 10:19:48 GMT

Controversial New Report Details The Truth About The Looming Student Loan Debt ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Joe Simonds from the Annuity Think Tank publishes his latest report which outlines the growing student loan debt bubble and makes controversial claims about who is really to blame. For those of you that have read and commented on Joe's previous ...

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Rise in enhanced annuity sales 'leaves healthy worse off' - Health Insurance and Protection Magazine

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:06:08 GMT

Rise in enhanced annuity sales 'leaves healthy worse off'
Health Insurance and Protection Magazine
Increased sales of enhanced annuities has resulted in healthy individuals losing out, according to a poll of providers and industry experts. Research by Xafinity Paymaster, part of the Equiniti Group, shows that 60% of annuity providers and experts ...

Can GLWB products protect retirement income? - CBS News

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:15:32 GMT

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Can GLWB products protect retirement income?
CBS News
These hybrid products (also known as "guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit" products) combine the features of both managed payouts and immediate annuities in an attempt to offer the advantages of each method of generating retirement income.

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Morningstar: Variable Annuity Sales Up 12% in 2011 - LifeHealthPro

Wed, 30 May 2012 19:34:14 GMT

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Morningstar: Variable Annuity Sales Up 12% in 2011
LifeHealthPro
By Maria Wood Despite ongoing consolidation in the variable annuity industry, sales of new VAs in 2011 rose over 2010 levels, reports Morningstar. Based on numbers from Q4 2011, the most recent statistics available, new variable annuity sales totaled ...

TEXT-S&P raises Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance to 'BB' - Reuters

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:26:17 GMT

TEXT-S&P raises Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance to 'BB'
Reuters
When analyzing statutory net income, we adjust earnings to include the unrealized gains or losses on the derivatives backing the equity-indexed annuities (reported as a component of capital and surplus) to match it against the offsetting credit to ...

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Resolution praising feds has bleak future - Washington Post

Wed, 30 May 2012 23:02:43 GMT

Resolution praising feds has bleak future
Washington Post
●The Federal Employees Retirement System annuity supplement should not be eliminated. ●Plans for Social Security reform should not include utilizing a Chained Consumer Price Index, which would reduce federal annuities. Because the resolution is so ...

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