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Correction
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
We erred in reporting that “When a husband in a retired couple (both at least age 62) dies, his widow's Social Security benefit, if lower, rises to match his own.”
Industry Views
TIPS for Retirement Investing in the ‘New Normal’
TIPS can preserve purchasing power, provide systematic income and offer the assurance of a government guarantee for retirees depending on income from their investments.
Firms Back Variable Annuity Product Launches With Aggressive Online Marketing Campaigns
With variable annuity sales down, firms are intensifying online product marketing campaigns to reach more prospective investors.
Industry Views are special reports that are sponsored and independent from RIJ's editorial content.
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Regulations/Legal
Robin Hood or Just Robbin’?
Sat, Jan 02, 2010
Rhode Island attorney Robert Flanders said "stranger-originated annuity transactions" are perfectly legal.
The Exploitation of Sherry Pratt
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Identity theft does not begin to describe the harm done to a quadriplegic woman who died of bedsores in a Chicago nursing home.
In League with the Angel of Death
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Lawsuits filed in Rhode Island, New York and Illinois shed light on the sinister, multi-million-dollar strategy of using the dying as fronts to exploit variable annuity loopholes.
In Search of Plan C
Wed, Feb 03, 2010
“We have a crisis of confidence regarding retirement,” said assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis C. Borzi at the NIRS conference in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.
