Annuity | “Safe Money San Antonio”, A New Retirement Educational Website For Baby Boomers And Retirees, Is Released This Week By …

May 19, 2012 – 5:36 pm
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Wiley Carter and Metropolitan CMB team up with Annuity Think Tank to create a new educational website for San Antonio baby boomers and retirees called “Safe Money San Antonio”. San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 A San Antonio based Retirement Income and Safe Money planning team, Metropolitan CMG teamed up this week with Annuity Think Tank to create a new educational retirement income website

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Annuity | The Eurozone Crisis: Five Ways It Affects You

May 19, 2012 – 3:08 pm
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If you are retiring this year Greece has been very, very, bad news for you. There is an ongoing slow-motion collapse in annuity rates, and this week it got a little worse. When a man aged 65 swaps 100,000 in his pension pot for an annuity ” a regular monthly income for the rest of his life ” the sum will be just 6,000 a year. That compares with the 14,000 a year that someone retiring in 1990

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Annuity | Scott Burns: The Cost Of Managing Your Money

May 19, 2012 – 5:14 am
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A: In theory, what you pay will vary with the level of service you receive. But what you pay is also higher for smaller portfolios than for larger portfolios. Major brokerage firms such as Merrill Lynch, for instance, are now discouraging brokers from handling accounts under $500,000 by reducing the commission payout brokers receive.What you pay will also depend on whether your adviser is working

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Annuity | Transamerica Violates Annuity Exemption In Texas

May 18, 2012 – 5:27 pm
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BOCA RATON, Fla. , May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –The following is being released by Structured Settlement Institute:A lawsuit in Texas has accused Transamerica Life Insurance Company of violating Texas law exempting annuity benefits, reports the Structured Settlement Institute. In the suit (Cause No. 2011-05238, FinServ Casualty Corp. and Capstone Associated Services, Ltd. vs.

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Annuity | How To Avoid The Annuity Trap

May 18, 2012 – 12:31 pm
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Those about to retire have had to choose between rock-bottom annuity rates and complex drawdown plans. Not any more Annuity rates have plunged to such low levels that they are not now a “viable option” for millions of savers at retirement.Pensions experts say that “traditional middle-class savers” have been particularly hit by falling rates. Billy Burrows of Better Retirement Group said: “These

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Annuity | Ash Brokerage Selects Aplifi’s AFFIRM For Annuities As Its Annuity Order Entry Platform

May 18, 2012 – 12:10 am
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Ash Brokerage has adopted Aplifi ‘s AFFIRM for Annuities to support its brokerage annuity sales.Fort Wayne, IN (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Ash Brokerage has experienced a tremendous amount of growth over the past several years and attributes this to providing extraordinary service to their producers and supporting them in ways their competitors cannot. Delivering a solid technology platform for

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Annuity | A.M. Best Affirms Ratings Of Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company And Its Subsidiary

May 17, 2012 – 8:49 pm
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OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” of Athene Annuity Life Assurance Company (Athene Annuity), formerly Liberty Life Insurance Company. Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the FSR of B++ (Good) and ICR of “bbb+” of Athene Annuity’s subsidiary, Investors Insurance Corporation (IIC).

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Annuity | Research And Markets: Structured Settlements And Periodic Payment Judgments

May 17, 2012 – 6:01 pm
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DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets ( ) has announced the addition of the “Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments.” subscription to their offering. Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments is a complete reference work for attorneys, settlement planners, and insurance and annuity brokers. It contains complete and current coverage of all issues confronting

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Annuity | Annuities Are Not Bought, They're Sold

May 17, 2012 – 3:16 pm
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In the realm of personal finance, no word has been dragged through the mud more times than the A-word”Annuities. Yet annuities survive and even thrive. How they do is not a mystery. There is not an outcry on the part of consumers demanding annuity products. The reason for the continued vibrancy of annuity sales is that they pay a big honkin’ commission to the selling broker or agent. As some wise

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Annuity | StoneRiver Announces The LifeApply Solution

May 17, 2012 – 3:11 pm
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ORLANDO, Fla., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –At the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, StoneRiver Inc. , the trusted insurance technology partner with solutions across multiple business lines, today announces LifeApply, its next generation electronic application designed to help Life carriers decrease time-to-issue and policy acquisition costs.A key component of an enterprise suite of products,

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