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VA Riders: Alphabet Soup Or Mulligan Stew?
By Norse N. Blazzard, Judith A. HasenauerThe features that probably are seeing the fastest growth in life insurance product development are the new variable annuity riders--the GMDBs, GMIBs, GMWBs and ...
September 01, 2005
The Lower Cost 401(k) OptionUsing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as investing options in 401(k) plans is becoming increasingly popular as firms realize that ETFs offer participants a lower-cost option than...
August 31, 2005
How To Win In Todays Budding Worksite Disability MarketProducers need DI products that offer stable rates and benefitsToday's worksite disability market is evolving. I'm not referring to the evolution of distribution in ...
August 19, 2005
Group Voluntary Sales Rise Faster Than Individual SalesVoluntary group benefits grew at a slightly faster pace in 2004 than voluntary individual benefits did.[@@]Group product sales grew 4% last year, while individual ...
August 11, 2005
AIG To Pay Shareholders MoreAmerican International Group Inc. has decided to increase its quarterly cash dividend 20%, to 15 cents per share. [@@]AIG Chief Executive Officer Martin Sullivan ...
August 04, 2005
Fitch Analysts Review VA MarketFitch Ratings is making an effort of its own to use "stochastic model" to analyze insurers in the $1.1 trillion U.S. variable annuity markets.[@@]Users ...
August 03, 2005
The Hispanic MarketHuge, But ChallengingSuccess takes more than using a cookie cutter approach from the general marketIn August 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that Hispanics had become ...