A matter of life and death
Edmonton Sun - Today’s low-interest guaranteed investment environment and highly volatile equity markets have retirees shuddering. Back-to-back insured annuity concept One solution that likely fits the bill is the back-to-back or term to 100, with a fixed premium. Time-limited or term

Baby boomers are getting old enough to crack open their nest eggs with no penalty, what should they do?
ABC6.com - and use the other to buy a fixed immediate annuity to provide a guaranteed income stream - much the same way fixed pension do.

Hospital Offers Gift Option
Voices News - Waterbury Hospital’s Charitable Gift Annuity program provides individuals the opportunity to make a gift to the hospital now and receive fixed annuity payouts on that gift of

A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Aviva Life Insurance Company and Its Subsidiary
Business Wire via Yahoo! - OLDWICK, N.J–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 16, 2005–A.M. Best Co. declines in some segments of the fixed annuity market. In response, Aviva Life recently introduced a fixed index annuity product.

UK’s Kingston Comms gets bid approach, shares jump
Reuters - given that its strategic focus did not tie well with Kingston’s fixed-line and directories businesses Kingston has a very attractive annuity revenue stream from its Hull operation