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Fixed Annuity Sales May Pick Up In 2004
By Jeremy AlexanderByYou might expect fixed annuity sales to have an inverse relationship with the S&P 500.That is often the case, but usually fixed sales are tied ...
February 12, 2004
Incorporating Variable Annuity Features In Variable Universal LifeByVariable annuities and variable universal life insurance have many bona fide, substantive distinctions. But developers are exploring ways to incorporate features of one type of ...
February 11, 2004
Equity-Indexed Annuity Profits Help AmerUs ResultsNU Online News Service, Feb. 11, 2004, 12:05 p.m. EST -- Higher margins on equity-indexed annuities helped boost fourth-quarter 2003 profits at AmerUs Group ...
February 06, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Ride A RollercoasterNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EST -- Bank annuity sales were both up and down in December 2003.[@@]Combined bank sales ...
February 05, 2004
Advisors Air Their ConcernsSome financial advisors who sell variable annuities are concerned about recent developments.These advisors fear that some companies might have bent their rules for big ...
February 02, 2004
Rydex Hires NAVA ChairmanNU Online News Service, Feb. 2, 2004, 1:31 p.m. EST -- Rydex Investments, Rockville, Md., has hired a former Putnam Investments executive who leads ...
February 02, 2004
Mutual Of Omaha Sells Variable BusinessNU Online News Service, Feb. 2, 2004, 4:48 p.m. EST -- Security Benefit Group Inc., Topeka, Kan., is acquiring the variable life and variable ...
January 30, 2004
Times Reports On Variable Annuity InvestigationsNU Online News Service, Jan. 30, 2004, 5:38 p.m. EST -- The New York Times says regulators are looking hard at variable annuities.[@@]NASD, Washington, ...