Index Annuities - whistles don't end debate

Index Annuities - whistles don't end debate

Latest bells and whistles don't end debate over annuities
New York Daily News, NY - Jul 18, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Variable annuities are getting snazzier, with insurers in recent years adding an array of guaranteed benefits bound to attract

Farmers to get chance to buy out annuities as part of a new Land
Sligo Weekender, Ireland - Aug 2, 2005 This bill contains a number of provisions and, in particular, provides for the writing off of some 4,500 land purchase annuities, where the annual amount

Variable Annuities Require Special Suitability Determinations
Financial-Planning.com, NY - Aug 9, 2005 proposed NASD Rule 2821, to create sales practice standards and supervisory requirements tailored specifically to transactions in deferred variable annuities.

ING Financial Advisers, LLC Launches 'Share a Bear' Program
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 22 hours ago Financial Advisers distributes both ING and externally manufactured products to fund defined contribution plans, insurance contracts, annuities and securities

Lawmakers renew attention to underpaid retirement annuities
GovExec.com - Aug 8, 2005 and improve the retirement benefits of federal employees, met with OPM officials in July to discuss the issue of underpaid retirement annuities and said they