PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Downgrades OM Financial Life Ins Co IFS - EasyBourse.com

PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Downgrades OM Financial Life Ins Co IFS EasyBourse.com, France Positively, new business strategies, which include a reduction of annuity sales including fixed indexed annuities as well as discontinuation of sales of various other products, could help to reduce earnings volatility going forward. ...
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Boomers and Retirement—the View from the Road Show Financial-Planning.com, NY What’s more, although speakers were eager to endorse annuities as a retirement-income
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Teesee´s Town: Bears’ Charles Tillman hosts Gallery Guichard benefit - Chicago Defender

Teesee´s Town: Bears’ Charles Tillman hosts Gallery Guichard benefit Chicago Defender,  United States - 6 minutes ago As a result of all of the economic turmoil, people are losing money on their IRA, 401(k), 403(b), SEP, Roth, Annuities , CD and are being hit from all sides ...
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J-POWER Acquires Portfolio of Interests in Three Eastern ... SYS-CON Media, NJ - 22 minutes ago John Hancock offers
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Obama, McCain Plans for 401(k)s May Prove Costly, (Update1) - Bloomberg

Obama, McCain Plans for 401(k)s May Prove Costly, (Update1) Bloomberg - 23 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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Life insurance company fined $150000 over annuities Bizjournals.com, NC - 21 hours ago The department fined Chicago -based Bankers Life and Casualty Co. $150000 in addition to requiring it to review additional annuity
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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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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
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Losses highlight risks of retiree-aimed funds - Chicago Tribune

Losses highlight risks of retiree-aimed funds Chicago Tribune, United States - Oct 12, 2008 Variable annuities are subject to market risk, fixed annuities carry issuer risk and cash investments carry inflation risk. A hodgepodge of stocks and bonds ... Pros and cons exist for target-date funds Akron Beacon Journal all 13 news articles
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Retirement savings rules adjusted over time New additions to the ...
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Local teachers tied to failing AIG, face rising insurance costs - Munster Times

Local teachers tied to failing AIG, face rising insurance costs Munster Times, IN - 9 hours ago Many schoolteachers across the country, including those in Hammond and East Chicago , invest in annuities offered by The Variable Annuity Insurance Co. ...
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Life Insurer Retirement Products Boost Market-Induced Pain CNNMoney.com - 19 hours ago CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Variable annuities , whose sales fueled profits at life insurance companies in recent years,
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Protection for AIG Customers - Wall Street Journal

Protection for AIG Customers Wall Street Journal - 10 hours ago Alan Sirota of Mansfield, Mass., said he has about $90000 locked up in AIG Individual Retirement Annuities for himself and his wife. ...
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NewsHour Market Watchers Answered Your Questions on Consumer Impact of ... NewsHour - 16 hours ago For instance, there was John from Denver, Colo., says: "You know, I have retirement funds and
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Annuity providers add more features Annuity providers add enhanced ... - Chicago Tribune

Annuity providers add more features Annuity providers add enhanced ... Chicago Tribune, United States - Jun 1, 2008 Write to yourmoney@trib une.com, or via mail at Your Money, Chicago Tribune, Room 400, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago , IL 60611. If your letter is selected, ...
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Annuity providers add more features Annuity providers add enhanced ... Chicago Tribune, United States - Jun 1, 2008 Write to yourmoney@trib
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Retirement income products just can't get adviser love - InvestmentNews

Retirement income products just can't get adviser love InvestmentNews, NY - Jun 2, 2008 Most variable annuities — even those with newer income guarantees — are simply too expensive, said Mark Kenison, a CFP, chartered life underwriter and owner ...
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Retirement income products just can't get adviser love InvestmentNews, NY - Jun 2, 2008 Most variable annuities — even those with newer income guarantees — are simply too expensive, said
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Peoples Gas chief heads to Allstate - Chicago Tribune

Peoples Gas chief heads to AllstateChicago Tribune, United States - Jun 27, 2008Although perhaps best known for its insurance business, Northbrook-based Allstate also offers an array of financial services, such as annuities and IRAs. ...Rogers heading to Allstate Crain's Chicago BusinessDesiree Rogers joins Allstate to create social networking in ... Trading Markets (press release)Rogers leaving Peoples Gas for position at Allstate Chicago Sun-Timesall 5 news articles
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