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November 25, 2009, Featured Articles

Re-Start Your Engines?

By Kerry Pechter   Wed, Nov 25, 2009

Strong insurers offering VA income riders with attractive roll-ups did very well in the third quarter, but sales for the category as a whole were flat.

The variable annuity arms race lives on.

Judging by the companies that experienced the sharpest sales growth in the quarter, investors and advisors still can't resist living benefit riders that promise generous 10-year “roll-ups” followed by a lifetime of guaranteed income.


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