Annuities
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NASD Issues Life Settlement Warning
By Staff WriterThe National Association of Securities Dealers says consumers should make sure they understand the ramifications before selling in-force life insurance policies.Life settlement transactions "can be ...
February 02, 2007
Agency Sets Up Fixed Annuity SiteELM Income Group Inc. is marketing retirement income planning products through the Web.ELM, Washington, an independent insurance agency, has posted the retirement planning education and ...
February 02, 2007
Agency Sets Up Fixed Annuity SiteELM Income Group Inc. is marketing retirement income planning products through the Web.ELM, Washington, an independent insurance agency, has posted the retirement planning education and ...
February 02, 2007
Bank Annuity Sales RiseBank sales of annuities climbed to $3.3 billion in November 2006, up from $3.1 billion a year earlier.Bank variable annuity sales increased 11% from the ...
February 02, 2007
Bank Annuity Sales RiseBank sales of annuities climbed to $3.3 billion in November 2006, up from $3.1 billion a year earlier.Bank variable annuity sales increased 11% from the ...
February 01, 2007
Let the competition beginIf you become Senior Market Advisor's 2007 Advisor of the Year, you join a club with only a handful of very prestigious members, including 2006 Advisor of the Year Steve Delott and 2005 award winner Kelly Shaw. The award and the selection process
February 01, 2007
No excuse for excusesHave you ever forgotten to do something - or done the wrong thing - and needed a way out? We'd like to believe that most people in the wrong respond by doing right. They own up to their mistakes, apologize, and try not to repeat them. But that was
February 01, 2007
Let consumer perception be your guideAlmost 20 years ago, three academics named Halpern, Blackman and Salzman did a study on oral contraceptives. What they found was that if you used the drug, the odds of dying increased by 0.0083 percent. In other words, if 100,000 people didn't take