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June 17, 2010, Featured Articles

The Year of Living Less Dangerously

By Kerry Pechter   Thu, Jun 17, 2010

A year or more after the financial crisis, major VA annuity issuers are trying to do more with less—less risk, that is. Here are nine of the latest efforts.

Over the past year, major variable annuity issuers have been busy making their contracts and contract riders less vulnerable to the kind of shocks they suffered from falling share prices and rising hedging costs.  

Here’s a look at nine of the past year’s noteworthy product developments from top-15 issuers, many of whom tried to make a virtue of necessity by incorporating designs that reduce the product’s risks while also responding to the demands of various types of clients and intermediaries.


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