Article: Not All Variable Annuities Earn the Wrath of Financial Experts.

Article: Variable annuities: the stepchild comes of ...
ABA Banking Journal;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... linked to bank sales of mutual funds, variable annuities now appear to be flourishing on their ... watershed year for bank sales of variable annuities, the retail investments that are ... annuities. For the first time, variable annuities outsold fixed annuities in banks ...

Article: Variable Annuities' New Look.(Options make ...
The Practical Accountant;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... states permit variable annuities that have no surrender ... and the 10 percent IRS penalty for ... adds. There are variable annuities now available ... for example five percent simple interest ... in one of these variable annuities. If he dies three ... 000 plus five ...

Article: Q: what features make variable annuities attractive ...
American Banker;  October 17, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... bank customers find most appealing about variable annuities. Variable annuities, whose performance is linked to underlying ... market conditions, sales of fixed and variable annuities have soared. Many banks are reporting ...

Article: Variable annuities face new scrutiny; May make good ...
Investment News;  February 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Hoffman Many mutual funds underlying variable annuities saw "eye-popping'' levels of ... investors in funds that underlie variable annuities may have gotten hurt at the hands ... timing goes on in funds that underlie variable annuities, it is a pretty good indication ...

Article: Variable annuities make clients pay for tax breaks.
Accounting Today;  January 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... industry, fees for variable annuities top 2 percent per year, including ... department head of variable annuities for the Vanguard ... starting at 7 percent and then gradually ... However, some variable annuities are positioning ...

Article: Banks benefit from stampede to insurance products. (sales of ...
American Banker;  September 24, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... t unique. Industrywide, sales of variable annuities and traditional insurance products ... up overall, a huge rise in sales of variable annuities is leading the way. Variable annuities are insurance contracts that invest ...

Article: SEC Warns on Variable Annuities
AP Online;  June 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Online 06-05-2000 SEC Warns on Variable Annuities WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators ... warning investors to be wary about variable annuities, an increasingly popular way to ... lifelong payments and death benefits, variable annuities also have some pitfalls which salesmen ...