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Variable Annuities Fit Into Retirement Puzzle

In the Chicago Tribune Article “Annuities can be valuable slice of retirement pie,” Humberto Cruz describes he and his wife’s retirement plan using pension, Social Security, and four different annuities.  Both Social Security benefits and pension payments are forms of an immediate annuity, providing lifetime …

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Popular Variable Annuity Rider

The guaranteed living benefit rider for variable annuities has become increasingly popular, according to National Underwriter’s “VAs with GLB Rider Rose 18% in 2Q.”  Variable annuity products with the GLB accounted for $20.3 billion of new deferred sales during the second quarter of this year.  …

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Top Selling Variable Annuities

The list of the top variable annuities sold in bank channels this year was just compiled.  The Bank Investment Consultant article “The Most Wanted List (of Variable Annuities,” by Kerry Pechter, talks about the most popular variable annuities of the year thus far.  It’s well …

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Immediate Annuities for Retirement

In Money Magazine’s Ask the Expert section, Walter Updegrave advises a couple to “Bridge income gaps with an annuity.”  While they asked him how much of the husband’s 401k should be transferred to an annuity, there wasn’t quite an easy answer for that since everyone’s …

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