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Thrivent Reports Higher 1st Half Net Income
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Aug. 13, 2003, 11:38 a.m. EDT -- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Minneapolis, is reporting $73 million in net income for ...
August 10, 2003
Model Law May Spark Equity Questions For All AnnuitiesByJohn Selden, a 17th century writer said, "Equity is a roguish thing."He was speaking about the English Chancery system of law by that name--not justice ...
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 ...