NU Online News Service, March 10, 2005, 3:15 p.m. EST
The combined net assets of U.S. variable annuities rose to $1.1 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter 2004.[@@]
The figure was up by more than 7% from $1 trillion in the same quarter a year earlier, according to the National Association for Variable Annuities, Reston, Va..