How Well Do You Know... Fixed Annuities?

Back before 2008's cruel lessons about the stock market, many individual investors saw little reason to bone up on boring subjects like fixed-income investments and annuities. And what was less attention-grabbing than the combination of those two topics, the fixed annuity? Nowadays, boring is better to many investors burned in stock mutual funds. Indeed, sales of fixed annuities soared 79% in the fourth quarter, according to consulting firm Limra International. In a recent quiz, we
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Lincoln Financial Group Comments on Standard & Poor's Ratings Action (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Lincoln Financial Group today announced that Standard & Poor's affirmed its AA counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York, and revised its outlook for the insurance subsidiaries from positive to stable.
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Pennsylvania Insurance Department Hits Allegheny County Insurance ... MarketWatch - 21 hours ago Lorena Mierau - Philadelphia - $8000 penalty and
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John Hancock Variable Annuities Launches 'Advisor of Choice'

John Hancock Variable Annuities today announced a major program designed to support advisors' efforts to expand their business with simple new tools to develop guaranteed retirement income plans for their clients. John Hancock Variable Annuities Launches 'Advisor of Choice' Source: MSN Money Central
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In the 1890s, caramel was the candy of choice in America. Milton Hershey, however, had a vision that milk chocolate could capture the taste
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