Guardian Launches New Lifetime Focus(SM) Annuity Rider.

PR Newswire;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......new rider, Lifetime Focus, will be available with variable annuities issued by...America. Lifetime Focus builds on...Guardian CXC(SM) variable annuities. GIAC's Income...affect the variable annuity's...including Lifetime Focus. The annual...

Variable annuities aren't for everyone

The Journal Record;  May 29, 2001 ;     674 words ......YORK (AP) -- It's been said that variable annuities are not so much bought by consumers...has stepped up efforts to market variable annuities as retirement savings programs to...doing it, somebody sold it to you.'" Variable annuities essentially are mutual funds wrapped...

Resource Lab - Variable Annuities Keep Rolling: Regulators continue to...

Financial Planning;  March 1, 2000 ;     624 words ...As variable annuities sales continue to soar, the...portfolios. The problem with variable annuities is that the commissions are...brokerage executive about some reps' variable annuities business is both the percentage...

SEC Warns on Variable Annuities

AP Online;  June 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ......AP 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 save...lifelong payments and death benefits, variable annuities also have some pitfalls which salesmen...

NAVA Stepping Up Public Education Campaign.(National Association for...

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  February 7, 2000 ;     444 words ...The National Association for Variable Annuities is launching a new national advertising...flexibility and convenience that variable annuities can bring to retirement planning...advice columnists continue to portray variable annuities as products that cut current federal...

Seniors beware; variable annuities may not make sense

Michigan Chronicle;  December 13, 2005 ;     592 words ......Michigan seniors who have purchased variable annuities that are not suitable, considering...liquidation of other assets to buy variable annuities. This is an indication that the agent...consumer and an insurance company. Variable annuities offer investment features similar...

FINANCIAL FIRMS TURNING TO VARIABLE ANNUITIES

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  May 23, 1999 ;     422 words ...Variable annuities, the investment product that provides...product's benefits. Yet, sales of variable annuities continue at a record pace. This...with these annuities. Several variable annuities, recognizing this, have established...

Variable annuities face new scrutiny; May make good targets for market...

Investment News;  February 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Hoffman Many mutual funds underlying variable annuities saw eye-popping'' levels of sales...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 that...

Variable annuities in spotlight.

The Boston Herald;  February 12, 1997 ;     321 words ......planners yesterday cautioned that variable annuities are complex investment vehicles suited...abuses committed while they sold variable annuities. The nation's largest insurance companies...novice investors in part because the variable annuities are so complex. A variable annuity...

Price Waterhouse Finds Variable Annuities Remain Very Attractive...

PR Newswire;  October 6, 1997 ;     558 words ......The National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA) today released a Price...impact on the attractiveness of variable annuities to long-term investors. The study, entitled Variable Annuities After the 1997 Tax Act: Still...

Federal regulators give variable annuities warning

The Journal Record;  June 6, 2000 ;     639 words ......warning investors to be wary about variable annuities, an increasingly popular way to save...lifelong payments and death benefits, variable annuities also have some pitfalls which salesmen...the benefits, costs and risks of variable annuities. The warning came as Paul Roye, ...

Variable annuities: regulators move in to scrutinize...

Research;  September 1, 2005 ;     421 words ......78 or older when they bought their variable annuities out of their contracts penalty-free...thousands in the U.S. who bought variable annuities from Banc of America Investment Services...regulators, who were focusing on sales of variable annuities to investors 75 and older. ...

Variable annuities have their drawbacks

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 10, 2005 ;     355 words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-10-2005 Variable annuities have their drawbacks THE MOTLEY FOOL...invest the assets. Don't invest in variable annuities without understanding them. Here are some things to know: *-Investments in variable annuities do grow tax-deferred. But tax rates...

News: IFAs would choose variable annuities for their clients.

Pensions Management;  April 1, 2008 ;     100 words ......have some understanding of variable annuities rate them favourably for generating...annuities, while 60% compare variable annuities favourably with income drawdown. Most IFAs see variable annuities as a niche product, with 97...

VARIABLE ANNUITIES OFFER HORSEPOWER, FLEXIBILITY

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  February 16, 1997 ;     324 words ...Variable annuities are a segment of the investment...has been around for many years. Variable annuities are basically an assortment of...accumulating in your fixed and variable annuities are exempt from creditor claims...