Annuities
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AAHSA voices support for H.R. 6408
By staff WriterWe are grateful to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Max Baucus, DMont., Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., Rep. Nancy Johnson, R-Conn., and Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., for working in a bipartisan manner to craft and introduce H.R. 6408. We urge
April 16, 2008
Company offers income storage benefitAs retirees and those close to retirement realize that their money is going to have to last longer than ever, they are looking for products that help meet that need. The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial is doing what it can to meet the retirement
April 16, 2008
Principal expands UL offeringsCalling its latest product Principal Universal Life Protector III, Principal Financial Group announced another UL policy to help financial advisors meet clients' needs. Protector III features a guaranteed death benefit protection up to age 121 and
April 15, 2008
Caution urged in wake of latest FINRA sweepsFINRA -- the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority -- is executing two new industry "sweeps" that suggest high standards of ethics and strict compliance are more important than ever. The first sweep, announced in Sept. 2007, is to examine
April 15, 2008
Finding the lost generationWe find ourselves not only in a questionable stock market, but also in a depressed real estate market resulting from sub-prime lending troubles. With all of this bad news is there anything good left to talk about when it comes to your savings? Does
April 15, 2008
Sales and Suitability -- Dateline NBCI'm sure most of you saw Dateline NBC last Sunday. After talking with carriers, wholesalers and advisors, what struck me the most about "Tricks of the Trade" was not the piece itself, but the industry's reaction. No one panicked. No one reacted
April 15, 2008
Finding the lost generationWe find ourselves not only in a questionable stock market, but also in a depressed real estate market resulting from sub-prime lending troubles. With all of this bad news is there anything good left to talk about when it comes to your savings? Does
April 15, 2008
Fixed Annuity Contract Can Pay Extra For Long Term CareUnited of Omaha Life Insurance Company has built long term care support into a retirement savings product.United of Omaha, a unit of Mutual of Omaha ...