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Annuities Remain Best Bet For Retirees

June 2008 - Outside of a defined benefit plan, traditional life annuities issued by insurance companies are the best ways to reduce longevity risk for women. Yet few retirees purchase them, according to a recent report entitled, 'Evaluation of Approaches To Reducing Women's Longevity Risk.' The report, by Beverly Orth of Mercer Human Resource Consulting, confirms the conventional wisdom that variable annuities, though popular as tax-deferral vehicles, are almost never annuitized. She attributes that to a lack of education about annuities and the media's negative portrayal of them.

In Pursuit of 'Pension Pots'

January 2008 - America's leading variable annuity issuers are bullish on John Bull. Over the past 12 to 18 months, AXA Equitable Life, The Hartford, Lincoln Financial...

Finally, the Yield Curve Turns Positive

November 2007 - After lying prone or inverted for what seemed like an eternity, the interest rate yield curve returned to a more normal upward slope in September after...