Annuities
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Allstate Unit Launches VA Family
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Feb. 26, 2004, 2:15 p.m. EST -- A unit of Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., has introduced a line of variable ...
February 17, 2004
BISA Reports Big Drop In Bank Fixed Annuity SalesNU Online News Service, Feb. 17, 2004, 4:32 p.m. EST -- Bank broker-dealers ran into turbulence in the fourth quarter of 2003.[@@]The stock market ...
February 12, 2004
Fixed Annuity Sales May Pick Up In 2004ByYou might expect fixed annuity sales to have an inverse relationship with the S&P 500.That is often the case, but usually fixed sales are tied ...
February 12, 2004
New Annuity Designs Are Taking A Page From HistoryNew Annuity Designs Are Taking A Page From HistoryThe sentiment behind a well-known Broadway musical, "Everything Old is New Again," also could be applied to ...
February 12, 2004
Why Equity Indexed Annuities WorkThe Way They DoEquity Indexed Annuities are here to stay. While they may seem complicated at first, they are really just annuities that credit money ...
February 12, 2004
Incorporating Variable Annuity Features In Variable Universal LifeByVariable annuities and variable universal life insurance have many bona fide, substantive distinctions. But developers are exploring ways to incorporate features of one type of ...
February 11, 2004
Equity-Indexed Annuity Profits Help AmerUs ResultsNU Online News Service, Feb. 11, 2004, 12:05 p.m. EST -- Higher margins on equity-indexed annuities helped boost fourth-quarter 2003 profits at AmerUs Group ...
February 06, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Ride A RollercoasterNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EST -- Bank annuity sales were both up and down in December 2003.[@@]Combined bank sales ...