Annuities
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MetLife Adds Pension Support
By Staff WriterA large financial services company is trying to increase registered representatives' ability to sell retirement plans and pension plans to small and midsize employers.
March 23, 2009
Individual annuities: 4th quarter 2008 sales leadersTable of sales leaders in U.S. Individual Annuity Sales, 4th quarter 2008 YTD, from LIMRA International.
March 23, 2009
Quick tips: avoid the financial oxymoronQuote from an article by Jack Marrion on the correct context for viewing index annuity returns.
March 23, 2009
Did you know: where annuity sales will growGraphic show Michael Pinkan's predictions of growth areas for annuities by the end of year 2009.
March 23, 2009
Graphic: signing onto stimulusImage of President Barak Obama signing stimulus package legislation, 2009.
March 23, 2009
MetLife: Workers Like Income GuaranteesEmployees seem to be much more interested in annuitized retirement benefits than their employers are.
March 23, 2009
EBSA Postpones Advice Rule EffectThe Employee Benefits Security Administration will be taking more time to think about how it should regulate retirement plan advice providers.
March 23, 2009
Insurer Aims At Charitable Gift MarketNew York Life Insurance Company is presenting income annuities as a vehicle that nonprofit groups can use to shore up charitable gift annuity programs.