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By Marcella De SimoneMore Agents Asking How Guarantees In VAs Are BackedByChanges in the market often affect the way financial services advisors do business by virtue of changing ...
February 07, 2003
Hancock Reports Higher 4th Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Feb. 7, 12:37 p.m. -- John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Boston, is reporting $113 million in net income for the ...
February 07, 2003
AmerUs Reports Lower 4th Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Feb. 7, 2:18 p.m. -- AmerUs Group Company, Des Moines, Iowa, is reporting $7.2 million in net income for the ...
February 06, 2003
Rating Agency Pans DAC AssumptionsNU Online News Service, Jan. 6, 3:33 p.m. -- U.S. insurers may be using overly optimistic assumptions about variable annuities in financial statements developed ...
February 06, 2003
Allstate Reports Higher 4th Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 10:37 a.m. -- The Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., is reporting $447 million in net income for the fourth ...
February 02, 2003
Income Annuities Can Create Stability In A Sea Of Investment VolatilityByWould you advise your clients to swim across a river in which half of the swimmers who made the attempt drowned?Of course not. Yet many ...
February 02, 2003
Picking The Safest Annuity: The Advisor's New TaskPicking The Safest Annuity: The Advisors New TaskByThe headline of this article sums up a growing issue for annuity salespeople: How to respond to client ...
February 02, 2003
Whats In The Way Of Expanded Income Annuity Sales?Whats In The Way Of Expanded Income Annuity Sales?By Timothy C. PfeiferStand-alone payout annuities are showing evolutionary growth. Also called immediate annuities and income annuities, ...