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July 29, 2009, Cover Stories, Annuities

A Summer Crop of Variable Annuities

By Kerry Pechter   Wed, Jul 29, 2009

Allianz Life, Genworth Financial, John Hancock Life, and MetLife have all introduced new variable annuity contracts. Of the four new entries, John Hancock's stands out as the simplest and cheapest.

Judging by the latest wave of variable annuity contracts, insurers have chosen to “de-risk” their products in one of two ways: by simplifying them and slashing prices or by maintaining rich benefits and simply charging more for them. 


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