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		<title>Despite Desire for Guarantees, Americans Keep Old Attitudes about Annuities</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/despite-desire-for-guarantees-americans-keep-old-attitudes-about-annuities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 08, 2010 &#124; Business Wire




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Allianz Survey Demonstrates Need to Dispel Myths and Educate on Product Innovations
MINNEAPOLIS&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Even after describing an annuity-like solution as their ideal financial vehicle, more than half (nearly 54 percent) of Americans aged 44-75 expressed distaste for the word “annuity”, according to a recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep feds out of fixed annuities</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/keep-feds-out-of-fixed-annuities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/keep-feds-out-of-fixed-annuities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Wendy Waugman &#38; Esfand Dinshaw

Iowa’s insurance industry has helped build the state’s economy over the decades, constantly reinvesting in the communities it calls home.
Tens of thousands of Iowans work at insurance companies, and hundreds of thousands from all over the nation turn to Iowa-based insurance firms to protect their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Commissioner: Budget Cuts in Department Could Hurt Insurance Regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/texas-commissioner-budget-cuts-in-department-could-hurt-insurance-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/texas-commissioner-budget-cuts-in-department-could-hurt-insurance-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 03, 2010 &#124; BestWire Services
The insurance regulator for Texas is predicting a need for a restructuring of the state&#8217;s oversight of insurers if his department is forced to make 10% budget cuts.
If the legislature, which meets in January to begin work on the two-year state budget, decides its budget-balancing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hartford Enters Growing Market for Indexed UL Insurance With Simplified Policy Tied to the S&amp;P 500(R)</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/the-hartford-enters-growing-market-for-indexed-ul-insurance-with-simplified-policy-tied-to-the-sp-500r/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/the-hartford-enters-growing-market-for-indexed-ul-insurance-with-simplified-policy-tied-to-the-sp-500r/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers receive death benefit protection and upside account value accumulation potential linked to performance of the S&#38;P 500(R) Equity Index, while enjoying downside protection against market-based losses.
SIMSBURY, Conn., Sep 07, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) &#8212; The Hartford, which is well-known for its universal life and variable life insurance policies, is entering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa responsible for regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/iowa-responsible-for-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/iowa-responsible-for-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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Iowa responsible for regulation
 
Jim Van Fossen The Quad-City Times &#124; Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 2:00 am &#124;
Insurance firms all over Iowa breathed a sigh of relief when the federal financial reform bill ruled out regulation of fixed indexed annuities by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


Regulation of these insurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annuity update: If FIAs are not securities, what about FINRA 05-50?</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/annuity-update-if-fias-are-not-securities-what-about-finra-05-50/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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BY Jack Marrion



Published 9/1/2010   
On July 15, I sent a letter to FINRA CEO Richard Ketchum and asked, “Since 151A has been vacated and Congress says index annuities are exempt, when will FINRA be rescinding Notice to Members 05-50?” Ketchum hasn’t got back to me yet.
Five years ago, “Notice to Members 05-50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebutting Senseless Views On Index Annuities</title>
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		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/rebutting-senseless-views-on-index-annuities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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By THOMAS K. BRUECKNER



Published 11/16/2009 
Index annuities, like all the tools in an advisor’s tool box, are neither good nor bad; they are merely one tool among many, which—when properly used—can solve a myriad of problems for older baby boomer clients. 
Example: On our recommendation, my client, a retired Army colonel, invested in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Securian Announces 2 New Directors in Individual Life Manufacturing Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/securian-announces-2-new-directors-in-individual-life-manufacturing-unit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/09/securian-announces-2-new-directors-in-individual-life-manufacturing-unit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Chris Owens was named national sales director, Individual Life Insurance, for Minnesota Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Securian Financial Group, Inc.
Owens joined Securian as a management services assistant analyst in 1999 and moved to the individual annuity unit in 2000. Most recently, he was manager of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIMRA: Individual Life Falls to 50-Year Low</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/limra-individual-life-falls-to-50-year-low/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/limra-individual-life-falls-to-50-year-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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Four in 10 U.S. Households with Children Would Have Immediate Trouble Paying Bills if the Primary Breadwinner Died Today
ARLINGTON, Va., and WINDSOR, Conn., Aug. 30, 2010 — Despite the fact that most American families have less to fall back on financially than when the economic downturn began , ownership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNIFI to consolidate several operations</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/unifi-to-consolidate-several-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/unifi-to-consolidate-several-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNIFI to consolidate several operations
By MATT OLBERDING / Lincoln Journal Star &#124; Posted: Friday, August 27, 2010 4:20 pm &#124;
UNIFI Companies plans to consolidate several functions in its life insurance operations, a move that will affect nearly 50 jobs companywide, an unknown number of which will be in Lincoln.
Scott Stuckey, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clarification of the SEC&#8217;s Rule 151A and FINRA&#8217;s Notice to Members 05-50</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/clarification-of-the-secs-rule-151a-and-finras-notice-to-members-05-50/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/clarification-of-the-secs-rule-151a-and-finras-notice-to-members-05-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the recent demise of the Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s Rule 151A, I have been receiving a slew of questions about the impact of this on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority&#8217;s Notice to Members 05-50. A quick overview:

The National Association of Securities Dealers (now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aviva USA Completes Move to New U.S. Headquarters</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/aviva-usa-completes-move-to-new-u-s-headquarters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/aviva-usa-completes-move-to-new-u-s-headquarters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project on time, on budget with all employees now in place
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; All 1,300 of Aviva USA’s Des Moines-based employees and contractors are now occupying the company’s new U.S. operations headquarters at 7700 Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines. Capping a summer of highly orchestrated moves, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response: The Truth About Equity-Indexed Annuities</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/response-the-truth-about-equity-indexed-annuities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/response-the-truth-about-equity-indexed-annuities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PDF for Setting it Straight with Forbes
ORIGINAL ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND AT: The Truth About Equity-Indexed Annuities
Dear Forbes Editor,
I recently had an article on your website forwarded to me, which is very misleading and inaccurate. “The Truth About Equity-Indexed Annuities,” by Mel Lindauer reflects poorly on Forbes because of the misinformation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds: Do What the NAIC Does</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/feds-do-what-the-naic-does/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


By ALLISON BELL



Published 8/25/2010 
Federal bank regulators say banks could consider emulating the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) when they are trying to reduce reliance on credit ratings.
The agencies are talking about that approach in a notice advising banks about upcoming changes in bank risk-based capital rules.
The agencies &#8212; the Office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letters to the Editor for Aug. 15</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/letters-to-the-editor-for-aug-15/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/letters-to-the-editor-for-aug-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators put Iowa, country first
Willard Jenkins
Former state representative
WATERLOO &#8211; Thanks to Sens. Charles Grassley and Tom Harkin for their amendment to the recent financial reform bill &#8211; an amendment that was very important to Iowa and our insurance industry.
Their amendment blocked the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission from treating fixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response: An Annuity You Really Should Avoid</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/response-an-annuity-you-really-should-avoid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/response-an-annuity-you-really-should-avoid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PDF for Setting It Straight with Kiplingers
ORIGINAL ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND AT: An Annuity You Really Should Avoid
The following email was sent to Kimberly Lankford of Kiplingers, in addition to her editors.
Ms. Kimberly Lankford,
I recently had the occasion to read an article that you authored for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. “An Annuity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alfred Gross to Leave Virginia Bureau</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/alfred-gross-to-leave-virginia-bureau/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/alfred-gross-to-leave-virginia-bureau/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


By ALLISON BELL



Published 8/23/2010 
Alfred Gross plans to retire from his post as Virginia insurance commissioner Dec. 31.
Gross, 64, the head of the Bureau of Insurance at the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has been with the bureau since 1981, and he has been commissioner since 1996. The Virginia bureau regulates about 2,500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pete Adkins Named President, Agency Distribution For Transamerica Life &amp; Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/pete-adkins-named-president-agency-distribution-for-transamerica-life-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/pete-adkins-named-president-agency-distribution-for-transamerica-life-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (June 14, 2010) Transamerica Life &#38; Protection, has announced that Pete Adkins has been promoted to President, Agency Distribution.
“Pete is an asset to our organization and will do a great job in leading our Agency Distribution business group,” said John Hunter, Chief Financial Officer for Transamerica Life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indexed Annuity Q2 Sales Jump 22.8%</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/indexed-annuity-q2-sales-jump-22-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/indexed-annuity-q2-sales-jump-22-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 15, 2010
Forty-three indexed annuity carriers participated in the 52nd edition of AnnuitySpecs.com’s Indexed Sales &#38; Market Report, representing 99% of indexed annuity production. Total second quarter sales were $8.3 billion, down 0.1% from the same period last year. As compared to the previous quarter, sales were up over 22.8%. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fixed Annuity Sales Slump 37% Since 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/fixed-annuity-sales-slump-37-since-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sheryljmoore.com/2010/08/fixed-annuity-sales-slump-37-since-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steven A. Morelli
Senior Editor
InsuranceNewsNet
Aug. 16, 2010 &#8211; Fixed annuity sales in the first half of this year slumped 37 percent compared to the first half of 2009, erasing the meteoric rise in sales amid the flight to safety during the recession, according to LIMRA data released today.
The drop brings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AnnuitySpecs: Indexed Annuity Sales Stay High</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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By NU ONLINE NEWS SERVICE



Published 8/16/2010 
The second quarter was another good quarter for U.S. sellers of indexed annuities.
AnnuitySpecs.com, Pleasant Hill, Iowa, is reporting that indexed annuity sales totaled $8.3 billion during the second quarter, down just 0.1% from the total for the second quarter of 2009.
AnnuitySpecs.com has based those figures on results [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FINRA Sticks With Securities in Suitability Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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By ALLISON BELL



Published 8/19/2010 

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is leaving “non-securities” products out of a proposed suitability rule update.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published a notice of the filing of the proposed FINRA Rule 2111 rule change today in the Federal Register.
The SEC can take as little as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second-Quarter Sales of Equity-Indexed Annuities Dip Slightly; AIG Unit Re-Enters Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 17, 2010 &#124; BestWire Services
Total second-quarter U.S. sales of equity-indexed annuities stood at $8.38 billion, a dip of 0.1% from the same period a year ago but sales rose nearly 23% from the first quarter, according to AnnuitySpecs.com, a firm that tracks the data.
It was the second-highest quarter ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Quarter 2010 Indexed Insurance Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indexed Annuity
AnnuitySpecs.com’s Indexed Sales &#38; Market Report, 2nd Quarter 2010 shows second quarter 2010 indexed annuity sales were $8379 million compared with sales of $6819 million for the previous quarter. Second quarter sales were up nearly 23% when compared with the previous quarter and down less than 0.20% when compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of OM Financial Life Insurance Company and Its Subsidiary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review and downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings to “bbb+” from “a-” of OM Financial Life Insurance Company (Baltimore, MD) and its wholly owned subsidiary, OM Financial Life Insurance Company of New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aviva suspects will be tried together, judge says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aviva suspects will be tried
together, judge says
By TOM WITOSKY • twitosky@dmreg.com •
August 12, 2010
Marla Stevens will be tried at the same time as her spouse, Phyllis, on charges stemming from the alleged embezzlement of nearly $6 million from Aviva USA, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
U.S. Senior Judge Ronald Longstaff rejected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allianz Life Names Suzanne Dowd Zeller as Vice President Human Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 10, 2010 &#124; Investment Weekly News
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz) has named Suzanne Dowd Zeller as vice president of Human Resources. She will report directly to Allianz President and CEO Gary C. Bhojwani, and functionally to Yvonne Franzese, chief HR officer of Allianz of America, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Commissioner Ario Steps Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario has stepped down as the state&#8217;s top insurance regulator to take a position with the federal government as director of federal Office of Insurance Exchanges.
Robert L. Pratter has been named acting insurance commissioner. He has served as the executive deputy general counsel for litigation with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Annuity:What No Well-Heeled Client Can Do Without</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl J. Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


By WARREN S. HERSCH



Tell affluent client prospects about why an annuity is critical to a balanced portfolio for achieving financial planning objectives and their eyes are likely to roll. How, they might ask, can an annuity—a product commonly used by mid-income households to cover basic expenses in retirement—compare with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Hancock Annuities Makes eDelivery Options Widely Available to Customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 09, 2010 &#124; PR Newswire US




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BOSTON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ &#8212; John Hancock Annuities has made eDelivery options for quarterly statements and confirmations available for all annuity contract owners who register on its award-winning web site, www.jhannuities.com.  Owners who wish to receive their statements and other account materials [...]]]></description>
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