State Farm Suspends Sales of Phoenix's Life Insurance, Annuities

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. has told Phoenix Cos. that it will suspend sales of Phoenix's life insurance and variable annuity products because of downgrades by rating agencies to Phoenix's life insurance subsidiaries, spokespeople with both companies confirmed. Separately, Phoenix said it will delay filing its annual report on Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission because it needs more time to finalize its fourth-quarter and year-end 2008 net losses after correcting
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Pennsylvania's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 14th Annual ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

Pennsylvania's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 14th Annual ... PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Feb 10, 2009 Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities , retirement-related services, mutual funds, ...
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While losses related to variable annuity products continue to take their toll on life insurance companies, they also were largely responsible for the poor fourth quarter performance by Philadelphia-based health insurer Cigna Corp., which has major
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CIGNA Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

PHILADELPHIA----CIGNA Corporation : Net income for full year 2008 was $1.05 per share1, which included a loss of $2.54 per share1, due to the results from the Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefits business2 and results from the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefits business also known as Variable Annuity Death Benefits .
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Business Wire (press release) Pennsylvania's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in
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