Annuities
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Western United Uses Aquilan Patriot Act Software
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Feb. 25, 2004, 3:52 p.m. EST -- The Aquilan Group Inc., San Antonio, says a life insurer has started using ...
February 12, 2004
Fixed Annuity Sales May Pick Up In 2004ByYou might expect fixed annuity sales to have an inverse relationship with the S&P 500.That is often the case, but usually fixed sales are tied ...
February 12, 2004
New Annuity Designs Are Taking A Page From HistoryNew Annuity Designs Are Taking A Page From HistoryThe sentiment behind a well-known Broadway musical, "Everything Old is New Again," also could be applied to ...
February 12, 2004
Incorporating Variable Annuity Features In Variable Universal LifeByVariable annuities and variable universal life insurance have many bona fide, substantive distinctions. But developers are exploring ways to incorporate features of one type of ...
February 11, 2004
Equity-Indexed Annuity Profits Help AmerUs ResultsNU Online News Service, Feb. 11, 2004, 12:05 p.m. EST -- Higher margins on equity-indexed annuities helped boost fourth-quarter 2003 profits at AmerUs Group ...
February 06, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Ride A RollercoasterNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EST -- Bank annuity sales were both up and down in December 2003.[@@]Combined bank sales ...
February 05, 2004
Advisors Air Their ConcernsSome financial advisors who sell variable annuities are concerned about recent developments.These advisors fear that some companies might have bent their rules for big ...
February 02, 2004
Mutual Of Omaha Sells Variable BusinessNU Online News Service, Feb. 2, 2004, 4:48 p.m. EST -- Security Benefit Group Inc., Topeka, Kan., is acquiring the variable life and variable ...