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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><generator>NFE/1.0</generator><title>annuity - Google News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=annuity</link><language>en</language><webMaster>news-feedback@google.com</webMaster><copyright>&amp;copy;2012 Google</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:12:57 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:12:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>annuity - Google News</title><url>http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_us/news.gif</url><link>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=annuity</link></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/google/Annuity" /><feedburner:info uri="google/annuity" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>Securian Unveils New GLWB with MultiOption Variable Annuities - MarketWatch (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/jm2UfK8-RoI/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/securian-unveils-new-glwb-with-multioption-variable-annuities-2012-05-30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 16:05:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFP9sa79pziEtsrJR7vTZ2Ir3RdNw&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/securian-unveils-new-glwb-with-multioption-variable-annuities-2012-05-30"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Securian Unveils New GLWB with MultiOption Variable &lt;b&gt;Annuities&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;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 &lt;b&gt;annuities&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG_OohqkKTtFlWSYoclODoc5rrI-A&amp;amp;url=http://pymnts.com/tops-portfolios-available-in-securians-variable-annuities-20120529006438/"&gt;TOPS™ Portfolios Available in Securian&amp;#39;s Variable &lt;b&gt;Annuities&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;PYMNTS.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dRCsRCW-FiX-zWMzwf7imX-gH7RjM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 8 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/jm2UfK8-RoI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFP9sa79pziEtsrJR7vTZ2Ir3RdNw&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/securian-unveils-new-glwb-with-multioption-variable-annuities-2012-05-30</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Pension projection consultation spells lower annuity rates and investment returns - Money Marketing</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/6N_7IE5nWeU/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/channels/corporate-adviser/pension-projection-consultation-spells-lower-annuity-rates-and-investment-returns/1052331.article</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 10:03:03 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFSKE_zB1JjSA_NX-tbD1-4YAsV-A&amp;amp;url=http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/channels/corporate-adviser/pension-projection-consultation-spells-lower-annuity-rates-and-investment-returns/1052331.article"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pension projection consultation spells lower &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; rates and investment returns&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Money Marketing&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Pension projections will be substantially reduced as a result of changes to assumptions on &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; rates and investment returns proposed in a consultation launched by the FSA and Financial Reporting Council today. Projected values of men&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d_gc-x-XfvQaYmM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/6N_7IE5nWeU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFSKE_zB1JjSA_NX-tbD1-4YAsV-A&amp;url=http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/channels/corporate-adviser/pension-projection-consultation-spells-lower-annuity-rates-and-investment-returns/1052331.article</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Is Now a Good Time for Annuities? - msnbc.com</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/yyATsicwvgw/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47604630/ns/business-motley_fool/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 20:15:55 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGeyA4rniJXdQZUUeyuNZ9geqtPJA&amp;amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47604630/ns/business-motley_fool/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is Now a Good Time for &lt;b&gt;Annuities&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;msnbc.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;But one specialized set of investments -- &lt;b&gt;annuities&lt;/b&gt; -- 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 &lt;b&gt;annuities&lt;/b&gt; have over &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dmAzA0O7kQWX33M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/yyATsicwvgw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGeyA4rniJXdQZUUeyuNZ9geqtPJA&amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47604630/ns/business-motley_fool/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>The Annuity Defined … Really? - Insurance News Net (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/YTTStHM1cog/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://insurancenewsnet.com/articleNews.aspx?id=344301</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 17:05:24 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG7WhfN2FYaw5fLDygPzU6umP87Eg&amp;amp;url=http://insurancenewsnet.com/articleNews.aspx?id%3D344301"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Annuity&lt;/b&gt; Defined … Really?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Insurance News Net (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Linda Koco What is an &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt;? Advisors run into that question a lot. Despite the fact that &lt;b&gt;annuities&lt;/b&gt; have been around for years, many consumers just don&amp;#39;t get it. That lack of understanding gets in the way of good retirement income planning.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGF2ot2Wbe_nLWypp2jZDS2Dmlf7A&amp;amp;url=http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/content/investing-retirement-annuity-may-take-absent-concerns-associated-retirement-living"&gt;Investing in a retirement &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; may take absent concerns associated with &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Bakersfield Voice&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF-E3VvQ9h_BiLUX7cGFAtr_-t0sw&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/legal-generals-golden-rules-for-maximising-annuity-rates-and-income-2012-05-29"&gt;Legal &amp;amp; General&amp;#39;s Golden Rules for Maximising &lt;b&gt;Annuity&lt;/b&gt; Rates and Income&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGNbPGMgW50qOTkqzVBl1hrj-FHOQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2012/05/30/your-money/financial-planning/will-you-live-for-as-long-as-the-queen-ev6BC4z5TCafLvBodLnKGI/article.html"&gt;Will you live for as long as the Queen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Investors Chronicle&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGMH0joem-_8zF21sbysSmqG1Xezg&amp;amp;url=http://www.hl.co.uk/news/articles/why-inflation-could-ruin-your-retirement-and-how-to-protect-yourself"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Hargreaves Lansdown&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGFxBTUx0Dn5dqmEu4TRvSPXkvOEg&amp;amp;url=http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-2151738/You-shop-boost-pension-income.html"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;This is Money&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d5pYjBGZGztNthMFGDgP_YYbspsDM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 15 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/YTTStHM1cog" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7WhfN2FYaw5fLDygPzU6umP87Eg&amp;url=http://insurancenewsnet.com/articleNews.aspx?id%3D344301</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Annuity purchase 'offers more flexibility' - Key Retirement Solutions</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/cCpzFU8TsKY/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.keyrs.co.uk/equity-release-news/annuity-purchase-offers-more-flexibility-801374772/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 11:21:32 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGIvN9X_78BH29ZJYQxgioOaWJtDQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.keyrs.co.uk/equity-release-news/annuity-purchase-offers-more-flexibility-801374772/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Annuity&lt;/b&gt; purchase &amp;#39;offers more flexibility&amp;#39;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Key Retirement Solutions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;According to Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, an &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; 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 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dtsdh1jvtncdxuM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/cCpzFU8TsKY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGIvN9X_78BH29ZJYQxgioOaWJtDQ&amp;url=http://www.keyrs.co.uk/equity-release-news/annuity-purchase-offers-more-flexibility-801374772/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Controversial New Report Details The Truth About The Looming Student Loan Debt ... - Virtual-Strategy Magazine</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/TGKKAyqdlec/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/05/31/controversial-new-report-details-truth-about-looming-student-loan-debt-bubble</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 10:19:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHsQTiXAHTXID-noZpX7EQO9Pj1WQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/05/31/controversial-new-report-details-truth-about-looming-student-loan-debt-bubble"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Controversial New Report Details The Truth About The Looming Student Loan Debt &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Virtual-Strategy Magazine&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Joe Simonds from the &lt;b&gt;Annuity&lt;/b&gt; 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&amp;#39;s previous &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dD-QjSBOg0v7tcM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/TGKKAyqdlec" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHsQTiXAHTXID-noZpX7EQO9Pj1WQ&amp;url=http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/05/31/controversial-new-report-details-truth-about-looming-student-loan-debt-bubble</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Rise in enhanced annuity sales 'leaves healthy worse off' - Health Insurance and Protection Magazine</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/h_abbcugCbs/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.hi-mag.com/health-insurance/product-area/long-term-care/article399671.ece</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 11:06:08 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEi7Va8fVYC39llvgYp2dUzgjiuoQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.hi-mag.com/health-insurance/product-area/long-term-care/article399671.ece"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rise in enhanced &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; sales &amp;#39;leaves healthy worse off&amp;#39;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Health Insurance and Protection Magazine&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Increased sales of enhanced &lt;b&gt;annuities&lt;/b&gt; 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 &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; providers and experts &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dnrdjk4oCoe3WSM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/h_abbcugCbs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEi7Va8fVYC39llvgYp2dUzgjiuoQ&amp;url=http://www.hi-mag.com/health-insurance/product-area/long-term-care/article399671.ece</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Powerball to top $100 million cash value, reach $164M annuity; Wed. 5/30/2012 ... - HULIQ</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/O1Sr_AtjeAE/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.huliq.com/3257/powerball-top-100-million-cash-value-reach-164m-annuity-wed-5302012-winning-numbers</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:17:16 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHDk9G4WRxjHFPzu1PMkcSooukkfg&amp;amp;url=http://www.huliq.com/3257/powerball-top-100-million-cash-value-reach-164m-annuity-wed-5302012-winning-numbers"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Powerball to top $100 million cash value, reach $164M &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt;; Wed. 5/30/2012 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;HULIQ&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Santo on 2012-05-31 There was no winner in the Powerball drawing for May 30, 2012, so as the multi-jurisdictional lottery enters June, it will be carrying a $164 million &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; jackpot, as well as a $107.1 cash jackpot, for the Saturday, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dbdk181Vqs1y-nM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/O1Sr_AtjeAE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHDk9G4WRxjHFPzu1PMkcSooukkfg&amp;url=http://www.huliq.com/3257/powerball-top-100-million-cash-value-reach-164m-annuity-wed-5302012-winning-numbers</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Morningstar: Variable Annuity Sales Up 12% in 2011 - LifeHealthPro</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/EBUZ05I0qEs/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2012/05/30/morningstar-variable-annuity-sales-up-12-in-2011</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 19:34:14 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGLkzcXIKdTqw007MvGewg8nb5U_g&amp;amp;url=http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2012/05/30/morningstar-variable-annuity-sales-up-12-in-2011"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/jRTBv5aRLZj3IM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;LifeHealthPro&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGLkzcXIKdTqw007MvGewg8nb5U_g&amp;amp;url=http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2012/05/30/morningstar-variable-annuity-sales-up-12-in-2011"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Morningstar: Variable &lt;b&gt;Annuity&lt;/b&gt; Sales Up 12% in 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LifeHealthPro&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Maria Wood Despite ongoing consolidation in the variable &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; 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 &lt;b&gt;annuity&lt;/b&gt; sales totaled &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=d-20NAiX0Zhq1AM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/EBUZ05I0qEs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGLkzcXIKdTqw007MvGewg8nb5U_g&amp;url=http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2012/05/30/morningstar-variable-annuity-sales-up-12-in-2011</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>TEXT-S&amp;P raises Fidelity &amp; Guaranty Insurance to 'BB' - Reuters</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/Annuity/~3/xlE4Ls3RskI/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/30/idUSWNA842220120530</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 18:26:17 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGRhxRlORIfwSWBWcYbiXKxaH4tiQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/30/idUSWNA842220120530"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TEXT-S&amp;amp;P raises Fidelity &amp;amp; Guaranty Insurance to &amp;#39;BB&amp;#39;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;When analyzing statutory net income, we adjust earnings to include the unrealized gains or losses on the derivatives backing the equity-indexed &lt;b&gt;annuities&lt;/b&gt; (reported as a component of capital and surplus) to match it against the offsetting credit to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dtJukNcZ_bcq7mM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/Annuity/~4/xlE4Ls3RskI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGRhxRlORIfwSWBWcYbiXKxaH4tiQ&amp;url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/30/idUSWNA842220120530</feedburner:origLink></item><description>Google News</description></channel></rss>

