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After Downgrades, Which Annuities Are Safe?
If you have an annuity and are relying on it to provide for your retirement, then you may be feeling a little tense these days. Case in point: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services recently downgraded Hartford Financial Services Group's (HIG) credit rating. That's bad news for the number-one issuer of variable annuities offered through banks (as of 2007, according to the Insurance Information Institute): It means the company has to boost its cash reserves at
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