Annuities
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Agency Sees Secondary Life Market Expanding
By Jim ConnollyThe life settlement market may be just an early example of an intersection between the life insurance industry and the capital markets.Analysts at Moody's Investors ...
February 05, 2006
Making Income Annuities IrresistibleWith an increasing number of new retirees, fewer traditional pensions and people living longer, the income annuity market has been poised for growth for many years. However, sales have yet to take off.
February 05, 2006
Fixed Annuity Interest Rates Need FixingMoney moves like a river. Although it may "pool" for a while in a savings or investment account, at maturity, the money will move towards ...
February 05, 2006
Fixed Annuity Interest Rates Need FixingMoney moves like a river. Although it may "pool" for a while in a savings or investment account, at maturity, the money will move towards ...
February 05, 2006
Seniors Should Keep Their Life Insurance-For LiquidityThe current controversy over the life settlement business seems to result more from political grandstanding for "face time" in the media than from politicians' real ...
February 05, 2006
Seniors Should Keep Their Life Insurance-For LiquidityThe current controversy over the life settlement business seems to result more from political grandstanding for "face time" in the media than from politicians' real ...
February 05, 2006
What To Look For In Comparing Immediate Annuities And GMWBsThere is a growing schism in annuityland right now. On one hand, academics and the popular press, when writing positively about annuities, are recommending fixed ...
February 05, 2006
Expect More VA Guaranteed Living Benefits, Survey SaysThe retirement income market appears to be moving out of the "embryonic" stage and into the growth stage, says a new report from The Diversified ...