Jefferson Pilot, a unit of Jefferson-Pilot Corp., Greensboro, also is introducing the Jefferson Pilot OptiPro family of annuities. The OptiPro family will include flexible-premium, equity-indexed annuities that give purchasers a choice of 7-year and 13-year surrender-charge periods.
Other new products, 2 additions to the Jefferson Pilot New Directions equity-indexed annuity series, will offer purchasers a chance to choose between a fixed account with an 8-year rate guarantee and a single indexed account. The JPF I-88A contract provides a "fixed account and a performance-triggered indexed account," and the JPF I-88B contract provides a "fixed account and a 2-year point-to-point indexed account," Jefferson Pilot says.