Annuities
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403(b) Plans: IRS Weighs in on Terminations
By Allison BellNonprofit employers can use several different strategies to shut down 403(b) retirement plans without saddling participants with big tax bills, Internal Revenue Service officials say in Revenue Ruling 2011-7.
February 22, 2011
Advisor alert: How's your annuity business?Last week, I received the latest annuities quarterly report from LIMRA. There were mixed results in the data, which had me wondering: how's your annuity book of business faring?
February 22, 2011
Advisor alert: How's your annuity business?Last week, I received the latest annuities quarterly report from LIMRA. There were mixed results in the data, which had me wondering: how's your annuity book of business faring?
February 22, 2011
Saybrus Forms Single-Premium Indexed Annuity Distribution ProgramThe Phoenix Companies Inc. is letting a group of independent marketing organizations have exclusive access to two families of Phoenix single-premium indexed annuities.
February 22, 2011
Putnam to Launch Absolute Return VA Sub-Account OptionPutnam Investments announced Tuesday it planned to launch a version of its Absolute Return 500 Fund for use by insurance companies in variable annuities and other variable insurance products they offered customers.
February 21, 2011
THE MILLENNIALThe residue left by the lingering effects of the Great Recession has not just made austerity fashionable again; it has opened up the eyes and perked up the ears of people all across the country.
February 20, 2011
THE MILLENNIALThe residue left by the lingering effects of the Great Recession has not just made austerity fashionable again; it has opened up the eyes and perked up the ears of people all across the country.
February 17, 2011
MetLife, Allianz Develop Saver TaxonomiesTwo studies by different life insurance companies come to strikingly similar conclusions about diverse views on retirement of older Americans.