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The Motley Fool February 10, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Assurances From MetLife More solid performance at the largest U.S. life-insurer. A better dividend would be nice, but that should come in time. Investors, take note.
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Financial Planning December 1, 2010 Marco Chmura	An Upward Swing Prudential continued to lead the way as the top seller of variable annuities with $5.3 billion in second-quarter sales and a 15.7% market share.
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Margaret Collins	Variable Annuities: Lifelong Income, High Cost Guarantees make annuities more appealing - and more complex.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2004 Phil Wohl	Prudential's Success Continues The leading financial institution shrugs off the terror threat and produces results.
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Frank O'Connor	Asset Magnet Variable annuities continued to show strength in the first quarter with new sales of $38.7 billion, a 23.2% increase over the year-ago quarter's total of $31.4 billion.
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The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Selena Maranjian	Don't Count on This Retirement Cure-All Annuities might not be right for your retirement.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Are Variable Annuities Right for You? Variable annuity sales are way up, but are they a smart move?
The Motley Fool August 1, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Sure Improvement at MetLife Ongoing skepticism about the insurance company means the stock produces better returns.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2009 Brian Orelli	Stocks Doubling? In This Market? Cigna, like other health insurers, lowered guidance for next year, but if it can hit the new targets it'll still be a wild improvement from last year.
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 Frank O'Connor	Momentum Builder Variable annuity sales gathered steam in the second quarter. New sales of $39.4 billion drove year-to-date sales to $78.2 billion, a 19.2% increase over the $65.6 billion in first-half 2010 sales and 27.1% higher than the $61.5 billion sold during the same period in 2009.
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Frank O'Connor	VAs Head for Slowdown With living benefits now more expensive and restrictive, on balance, muted future sales growth is expected unless more advisors utilize the product, and more investors understand and embrace it.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	A Summer Deal for Winterthur French giant AXA steps up and acquires Credit Suisse's insurance business. Investors, this could turn out to be a win-win for both companies.
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Financial Planning March 1, 2012 Frank O'Connor	Solid Footing New sales of variable annuities held steady in the third quarter, totaling $38.5 billion vs. $39.4 billion in the second quarter and $33.8 billion in the third quarter of 2010.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Dan Caplinger	The Retirement Ripoff You Can't Afford Insurance companies are making changes to annuities that will make them an even worse deal for investors.
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad	VAs Head for a Banner Year New sales of variable annuities continued to climb through the first quarter of 2006, reaching $37.6 billion and falling just short of an all-time high for VA sales in a quarter. However, retiring baby boomers may be keeping net flows slim in the longer term.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Won't Solve the Retirement Crisis Promoting annuities has more cons than pros.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	Should You Buy and Hold MetLife? MetLife has been unable to grow earnings -- certainly not the greatest of signs.
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Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Frank O'Connor	A New Dynamic Variable annuity sales fell in 2009 as incentives to stay put in existing contracts choked off exchange growth.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008	The Baby Boomer's Inner 800-Pound Gorilla AXA's Super Bowl ads.
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Investment Advisor May 2010 James J. Green	Retirement Planning: ING Back Into Retirement Merges units, rolls out new VA, names CEO.
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Financial Planning March 1, 2010 Frank O'Connor	A Mixed Bag New sales of variable annuities slipped in the third quarter, dropping 2% to $30.6 billion. That's down 17.3% year-over-year from third quarter 2008 sales of $37 billion.
On Wall Street October 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff	Indexed Annuities Grab the Spotlight Indexed annuities have gained popularity while variable annuities have softened, as the players on the buy and sell side change.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 O'Connor & McCarthy	Making Adjustments 2012 started out about average for variable annuity issuers in terms of SEC filing activity, with a total of 59 annuity product changes in the first quarter com pared with 130 filings in the fourth quarter of 2011 and 49 in the first quarter of last year.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	All Aboard Allstate? In the absence of catastrophe, Allstate's quality shines through. Well-run companies should trade at higher levels, so the insurer's valuation still might have room to grow.
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The Motley Fool September 15, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Investment Won't Save Your Retirement Annuities can't work if you don't have the money to buy them.
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Frank O'Connor	Change Has Come New sales of variable annuities declined even further in the first quarter of 2009. Assets under management also declined.
Insurance & Technology August 19, 2010 Katherine Burger	ING Insurance U.S. Names New CIO Gary Baxter - previously from head of IT, ING U.S. Retirement Services, ING Individual Retirement, and company's closed block of business - will oversee technology investments and IT operations across all U.S. business lines.
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Frank O'Connor	Falling Fast New sales of variable annuities continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 2008, falling to $32.6 billion from third-quarter sales of $37 billion, an 11.9% drop.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 Buz Livingston	Are You Really in Good Hands? You have to hand it to the insurance industry. Tying an agent's sales production to his or her family's continuing health insurance is a great way to generate sales. The benefit for the agent's clients, however, is less obvious.
U.S. Banker April 2003 Glen Fest	Going with the Flow Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson's deal with Prudential has tongues wagging and rivals paying close attention. The newly combined brokerage, nets the bank greater access to trillions of dollars that will pass from one generation to another over the next 10 years. Move over Merrill?
Registered Rep. November 16, 2010 Alan Lavine	Growth Opportunities: Immediate Annuities And Qualified Retirement Plans There's a window of opportunity for financial advisors to build business: They can use annuities available in 401k plans to help workers with their post-retirement income.
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Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Frank O'Connor	Defining Factors New sales of variable annuities recovered moderately in the second quarter. The improvement was far from broad-based, with some companies showing large declines from the first quarter and others posting significant increases.
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