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Insurer Rolls Out VA Withdrawal Guarantee Option
By Staff WriterGuardian Insurance & Annuity Company has introduced the Lifetime Focus variable annuity rider.The GIAC rider guarantees a minimum amount of benefit withdrawals, according to GIAC's ...
January 31, 2007
Utilize a virtual employeeThe financial services industry has changed in the past few decades. The way advisors are taught to sell has changed drastically. The products carriers offer have changed to meet the shifting demands of consumers. Prospecting strategies have
January 31, 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
January 31, 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
January 31, 2007
AARP Arm Taps New York Life For Income AnnuitiesA financial services affiliate of AARP will be marketing retirement products from a large insurer.AARP Financial, an arm of AARP Services Inc., Tewksbury, Mass., a ...
January 31, 2007
AARP Arm Taps New York Life For Income AnnuitiesA financial services affiliate of AARP will be marketing retirement products from a large insurer.AARP Financial, an arm of AARP Services Inc., Tewksbury, Mass., a ...
January 30, 2007
Pacific Life Adds VA GMWB FeatureA West Coast insurer has added a new benefit guarantee option for purchasers of its variable annuities.Pacific Life Insurance Company, Newport Beach, Calif., says the ...
January 30, 2007
Pacific Life Adds VA GMWB FeatureA West Coast insurer has added a new benefit guarantee option for purchasers of its variable annuities.Pacific Life Insurance Company, Newport Beach, Calif., says the ...