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Variable Annuities: Fifth Third Securities Fined By FINRA For VA Sales

An article by Reuters’ Jonathan Stempel further emphasizes the importance of responsibility when selling variable annuities. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Fifth Third Securities about $2 million (including $250,000 in restitution) for unsuitable sales of variable annuity products to the elderly, whom …

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Phoenix Annuities Dropped by State Farm, National Life

This week, both State Farm and the National Life Group announced that they will stop selling Phoenix Companies annuities. Diane Levick writes in the Hartford Courant that those firms, which combined made up 82% of Phoenix’s 2008 annuity sales, have made this decision because of Phoenix’s recent ratings downgrade …

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Annuity Firm Lincoln National Recieves Tax Relief in Indiana

The Retirement Income Reporter recently reported on annuity provider Lincoln National receiving $300 million in regulatory tax relief from the state of Indiana. The Indiana Department of Insurance is allowing the life insurance company to use a certain accounting practice with deferred tax assets that …

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