Annuities
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AIG Arm Adds VA Income Feature
By Staff WriterAIG SunAmerica Retirement Markets Inc. has introduced the MarketLock For Life Plus guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit.AIG SunAmerica, Los Angeles, a unit of American International Group ...
April 11, 2007
Insurer To Acquire Wellness FirmThe health management arm of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has agreed to acquire INTERxVENTUSA Inc.The Nationwide Better Health unit of Nationwide, Columbus, Ohio, has been ...
April 04, 2007
A Big Year for Variable AnnuitiesNAVA, the Association for Insured Retirement Solutions (formerly the National Association of Variable Annuities) announced March 28 that total VA sales for 2006 were $157.3 billion, representing an 18.2% increase from 2005's sales of $133.1 billion.
April 01, 2007
Treat clients like smart consumersIf a customer walks into my favorite fast food eatery, In-N-Out Burger, and says "I'm hungry," the counterperson would offer a hamburger with fries or a cheeseburger with fries. Problem solved. If the fast food eatery acted like the financial
April 01, 2007
Standout seminarsTen years' experience hosting senior seminars leads financial advisor Rosemary G. Caligiuri, CEPS, to two conclusions. First, competition has never been stiffer among advisors to attract robust, quality crowds to seminar events and harvest enough
April 01, 2007
What's a senior?Some of the greatest minds in human history have sought to answer some of the most intriguing questions in history. Some of those questions have been answered: How fast does light travel? Is the moon really made of Swiss cheese? Who shot J.R.?
April 01, 2007
The Power and the PassionWhen you interview a bunch of industry leaders, chances are you are going to notice some distinct similarities in their personal attributes and philosophies about their industry - the types of characteristics that helped them reach such an elite
April 01, 2007
8 ways to spread the word about LTCIThe statistics are sobering and indisputable: individuals age 65 or older have a 40 percent chance of entering a nursing home sometime during their lives. The average annual cost of a nursing home stay is $50,000, and even higher in some