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Fitch Downgrades Security Benefit Life Insurance's IFS to 'BB' - MarketWatch
Fitch Downgrades Security Benefit Life Insurance's IFS to 'BB' MarketWatch - 17 hours ago Topeka, Kansas-based Security Benefit Corporation is a financial services organization marketing fixed and variable annuities , mutual funds, ...
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Fitch: U.S. Life Insurers Face Increasing Risk from Variable Annuities (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO----Fitch Ratings sees equity market performance 2008 as having a dramatic impact on U.S. life insurers active in the variable annuity market. Persistent adverse market conditions will pressure life insurer's earnings and risk-based capital levels for the balance of 2008 and into 2009.
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401(k) plans could be facing - Pensions & Investments
401(k) plans could be facing Pensions & Investments, IL - 11 hours ago What's more, account balances would be converted to inflation-indexed annuities upon retirement, although individuals could take a lump sum equal to 10% or ...
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Obama, McCain Plans for 401(k)s May Prove Costly, Analysts Say - Bloomberg
Obama, McCain Plans for 401(k)s May Prove Costly, Analysts Say Bloomberg - 3 hours ago ... said 401(k) plans have failed to ensure Americans will have enough retirement income and should be replaced with government-sponsored annuities . ...
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