Annuities
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Regulators Send Message To Sellers Of Securities: Beware
By Jeffrey S. Puretz, Michael D. PappasRegulators Send Message To Sellers Of Securities: BewareSecurities regulators have continued to target practices used by broker-dealers to sell variable annuities and have started targeting ...
August 10, 2003
The Buzz On Bonus Equity Index AnnuitiesThe Buzz On Bonus Equity Index AnnuitiesByAre bonus equity index annuities becoming the love-em-or-hate-em annuity products of 2003?Also called bonus index annuities or BIAs, the ...
August 07, 2003
Profits Rise At Lincoln Despite Lower Annuity DepositsNU Online News Service, Aug. 7, 2003, 5:23 p.m. EDT -- Lincoln National Corp., Philadelphia, is reporting $143 million in net income for the ...
August 07, 2003
AEGON Holds Line On Annuity GuaranteesNU Online News Service, Aug. 7, 2003, 12:45 p.m. EDT -- Executives at AEGON N.V., The Hague, Netherlands, got tough on annuity buyers during ...
August 06, 2003
Protective Reports Higher Profits, Sharply Lower Fixed Annuity SalesNU Online News Service, Aug. 6, 2003, 5:08 p.m. EDT -- Protective Life Corp., Birmingham, Ala., has joined the long list of life insurers ...
August 04, 2003
MetLife Profits From Steady Sales, Healthier Investments, MexicoNU Online News Service, Aug. 4, 2003, 8:53 p.m. EDT -- Steady sales, reduced investment losses and the merger of two subsidiaries in Mexico ...
August 03, 2003
Variable Annuities: More Than Just Tax-DeferralVariable Annuities: More Than Just Tax-DeferralByOn reading his obituary, Mark Twain quipped, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The same might be said ...
July 29, 2003
American Express Increases Profits, Sells More Fixed AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, July 29, 2003, 5:57 p.m. EDT -- American Express Company, New York, says the rebound in the stock market, improved ...