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Former SEC Chief To NAVA: More Meaningful Disclosure
By Linda KocoFormer SEC Chief To NAVA: More Meaningful Disclosure ByBoston Its time for the variable annuity community "to take the steps necessary to implement fuller ...
October 07, 2001
Fixed Annuity Sales Surge Amid Market TurmoilFixed Annuity Sales Surge Amid Market TurmoilSales of fixed annuities, once the bread and butter of the annuity industry, were eclipsed by variable annuities in ...
October 07, 2001
What America's Crisis Means For Annuity Buyers And SellersWhat America's Crisis Means For Annuity Buyers And SellersBy Thomas F. Streiff As I write this, a murderous act of war has the financial system ...
October 07, 2001
VAs Will Survive The CUrrent Financial ClimateVAs Will Survive The Current Financial Climate During the past few weeks, we have received an increasing number of telephone calls from various financial reporters ...
October 07, 2001
'Annuities Have A Story To Tell' Now, Producers SayAnnuities Have A Story To Tell Now, Producers SayBy Right now, consumers are pretty much in a holding pattern, where their annuity purchases are concerned, ...
September 20, 2001
Unbundling Annuities: Customers Speak And Computers CringeUnbundling Annuities: Customers Speak And Computers CringeByWhen Henry Ford applied mass production techniques to the fledgling automobile industry to make cars affordable to most workers, ...
September 09, 2001
'Packaged Riders' Sales Approach Focuses On Personal SolutionsBy People seldom look for financial products. What they want is not another product, but a solution to meet a need.In fact, a study ...
September 09, 2001
Using Immediate Annuities To Update An Estate PlanUsing Immediate Annuities To Update An Estate PlanOne of the best and most often used estate-planning techniques is the marital deduction. You can leave as ...