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Financial Advisor
June 2009
Raymond Fazzi |
VUL Slides With Market Variable universal life continues to be the black sheep of the life insurance product family.   |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Waddell & Roberts |
Primed for Growth Variable universal life insurance is getting a second look from financial advisors for its retirement planning benefits. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Look Closer Optimistic projections and underwhelming returns have shown that variable universal life insurance must be recommended--and monitored--with caution. |
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Raymond Fazzi |
When VUL Lapses One of the problems the bear market left in its wake is a rash of variable universal life policies that are underfunded. |
Financial Advisor
June 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
VUL Sales Remain Weak Since crashing along with the market six years ago, the variable universal life market has been in a tailspin. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Bruce W. Fraser |
VUL: Pros And Cons When your clients are facing one of the more turbulent markets in recent memory, should you be recommending variable universal life insurance to your clients? |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004 |
Whole Life vs. Term Life Whole and term are the two main forms of life insurance you should understand. Buy the kind of insurance that makes the most sense for you. |
Financial Advisor
February 2005
Tracey Longo |
Guarantees Spur Income Variable Annuities Sales Burgeoning investor interest in guaranteeing some part of their retirement income, especially in this era of diminishing pensions, is spurring more companies to develop a host of new variable products and features. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2008
Elizabeth Wine |
Seeking Unsexy Annuities Annuities have received a bad rap of late for their high fees and confusing contracts. But as other investments tank, clients are once again looking for guaranteed income streams from their portfolios. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Keep Life Insurance Simple Why make a useful tool more complicated than it needs to be? Life insurance is a helpful tool to have. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2009
Paul Menchaca |
Post-Boom It is no secret that as investors continue their flight to safety, the variable annuity boom has at least deflated, if not entirely gone bust. More conservative retirement products are now in favor. |
Financial Advisor
June 2007
Thomas Scott |
What An Airline Crash Taught Me About Retirement Planning It doesn't take a catastrophic crash to cause significant injuries, in an airliner or in a retirement plan. As advisors, how can we best assure our clients will have an adequate income stream for their lifetimes? |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2010
Elizabeth Wine |
Variable Annuities Are Down but Not Out Variable annuities had a tough 2008 and 2009 like everybody else. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Annuities Special: The Right Rider Boomers want guaranteed lifetime income, but don't want to buy an immediate annuity. Variable annuity issuers think they have a solution. |
Registered Rep.
August 15, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Investors Flock to Variable Annuities With Guaranteed Benefits, But Beware Retiring baby boomers are pouring their money into variable annuities with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Bob Veres |
New Life for Life Insurance For the first time, fee advisors have access to products designed specifically for them, complete with transparency and minimal costs. Their response could change the industry. |
Registered Rep.
December 18, 2012
Alan Lavine |
Uh, Sorry...Can We Have That Back? Several insurance companies are following in the footsteps of The Hartford and offering to buyback variable annuities with guaranteed lifetime income. Should your clients take the cash? |
Registered Rep.
July 18, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Considering Life Insurance for Single Clients More than half -- 54 percent of single men and 58 percent of single women -- lack life insurance coverage. |
Financial Advisor
May 2010
Alan Lavine |
Sizing Up Annuities In the wake of the recent financial meltdown, the income guarantees offered by annuities have become quite attractive. The payouts are appealing, but do your homework. |
Financial Advisor
March 2004
Tracey Longo |
Making The Grade With Variable Annuity Exchanges With the creation of one-shot wrinkle reducers like Botox, battery-operated automobiles and cloned humans, can a world where there is no need to replace variable annuities be far off? |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Alan Lavine |
Tough Business Major players exit variable annuities, but VA sales are up overall. |
Financial Advisor
September 2006
Frank O'Connor |
An Expensive Guarantee? Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (GMWB) features in variable annuities have grown steadily in popularity since first introduced in 2002. But financial advisors need to know if this feature is really worth the cost. |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Margaret Collins |
Variable Annuities: Lifelong Income, High Cost Guarantees make annuities more appealing - and more complex. |
Registered Rep.
May 20, 2014
Alan Lavine |
Should You Buy a Critical Care Rider? More than 10 insurers, including American General, Prudential and Nationwide Guardian, have added chronic illness riders to their life insurance policies, according to published reports. |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Tracey Longo |
A Push For Lifetime Income Variable annuity providers hope to jump-start their business by selling security to worried baby boomers. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
The Worst of Both Worlds Low returns and inflexible investments have made whole life insurance obsolete. Before you buy whole life, take a look at your other options, odds are, you'll find one that's better for you. |
Registered Rep.
May 18, 2010
Alan Lavine |
No-Load Annuities Gain Momentum As more wirehouse registered reps join RIAs or start their own, as income tax rates rise, and as Baby Boomers continue their march into retirement, expect investments in no-load variable annuities to grow. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Sweetening the Pot A new report has found that adding a variable annuity with a lifetime guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider to a traditional stock and bond retirement portfolio can increase income while decreasing income risk. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Reps Turn To Equity Index Universal Life Insurance Reps are turning to index universal life insurance to bridge the risk gap between low-rate permanent life insurance and riskier variable universal life. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Gail Liberm |
Aiming For Advisors New annuity products and platforms are being designed to appeal to fee-only advisors. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Along for the Rider If your clients are looking for limited disability coverage without taking on a whole new policy, they could look at life insurance. |
Financial Advisor
February 2007
Tracey Longo |
Variable Annuities Get Sales Boost Do you really want to get your clients' attention as they prepare for retirement? Talk to them about variable annuities. |
Financial Advisor
July 2005 |
Advisor Emporium Phoenix Launches Program For Advisors To Target Businesses... S&P's CUSIP Service Bureau Launches New Delivery Service... Jefferson National Offers Flat Insurance Fee For Annuities... The Hartford And Protective Offering Term Life Quotes Online... etc. |
Financial Advisor
February 2, 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
The Annuity In Winter Can variable annuities gain some luster after a horrible year in the fund world? |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2006
Marshall Eckblad |
New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has unveiled three SPDR exchange-traded funds... Unified managed account... Insurance: John Hancock has launched Accumulation VUL... Mutual Funds: Vanguard now offers a Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund... etc. |
Registered Rep.
January 18, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Insurers Raising Premiums, Changing Terms on Long-term Care Policies If you're selling long-term care insurance to clients, it's best to stay away from carriers with a history of raising premiums or discontinuing other types of insurance coverage. |
Inc.
October 2007
Elaine Appleton Grant |
Passing It On Using life insurance as an estate planning tool. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Kara P. Stapleton |
Upgrades New products and programs. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Namita Devidayal |
A Fitting Problem Having found the securities industry severely wanting in its policing of research conflicts, market-timing and fee disclosures, the regulators are looking to see if similar abuses exist in the insurance industry. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Ellen Hoffman |
Annuities: Don't Believe The Hype Many of the tax benefits of variable annuities no longer exist, but the hard sell continues |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
The Case for Insurance-Based Investments Insurance-based investments have a lot of untapped potential. Tax laws favor them, and if you need life insurance anyway, attaching investments to a policy can have some real benefits. Read on for more information. |
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. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2009
Craig Israelsen |
Variable Products, Variable Results The question is: Do the higher costs of variable products cause them to systematically underperform mutual funds? |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Pay Too Much for This Investment When it comes to guaranteed variable annuities, buyers are paying more for protection than they did in recent years -- even though the market has already dropped substantially. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005 |
New Products Alternatives... 1031 exchange educational Web site... ETF futures contracts on the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock, S&P 500 Depositary Receipts, and iShares Russell 2000... etc. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Rowley & Dawson |
Japan: Where Financial Security Is One Sexy Beast Hartford pioneered Japan's annuity market. Nobody's laughing at it any more. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2005 |
New Products Alternatives... Insurance... Mutual Funds... Practice Tools... |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Can You Afford This Bailout? Companies including MetLife, Manulife Financial's John Hancock division, and Genworth Financial have increased long-term care premiums -- increases that many policyholders never expected to see. |
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. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2008
Donna Mitchell |
FINRA Seeks to Clarify Rule Mishmash Regulators are taking action regarding what they view as abuse in the way that variable annuity products are sometimes marketed and sold. The latest proposal will codify various practices for marketing variable annuity products. |
