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		<title>National Underwriter: Policyholders Getting Smarter, Leading to Charges for VA Products, Says Moody&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Festa of National Underwriter had an article in the January 2012 edition entitled &#8220;Policyholders Getting Smarter, Leading to Charges for VA Products, Says Moody&#8217;s&#8221;.  An excerpt from this article is: In pricing and hedging the risks of their VA contracts, companies must also make assumptions about how many customers will hold on to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Variable Annuity Risk Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy Paris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim has written a white paper entitled “Modern Variable Annuity Risk Management”, which can be downloaded here. The paper describes the three key risks facing modern variable annuity companies &#8212; investment risk, insurance risk, and policyholder behavior risk &#8212; and how the Ruark Companies are uniquely positioned to help our clients develop and maintain integrated solutions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Marrion&#8217;s Index Compendium Notes RCL&#8217;s Indexed Annuity Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Marrion&#8217;s Index Compendium for February 2012 includes a reference to Ruark Consulting&#8217;s recently completed Fixed Indexed Annuity Surrender Study, as follows: Index Annuity Surrenders Sharply Down Based on data from carriers representing 80% of industry sales, a new study published by Ruark Consulting (www.ruarkonline.com) finds that surrenders of index annuity contracts declined significantly from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LifeHealthPro references RCL&#8217;s Indexed Annuity Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maria Wood has published an article in LifeHealthPro (which I still think of as National Underwriter) entitled &#8220;Fixed Indexed Annuity Holders Keep Holding On&#8221;.  It is another article based on Ruark Consulting&#8217;s Fixed Indexed Annuity Surrender Study.  It can be viewed at: Fixed Indexed Annuity Holders Keep Holding On &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>AnnuityNews.com references RCL&#8217;s Indexed Annuity Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linda Koco has published an article in AnnuityNews.com entitled &#8220;More Policyholders Keeping Their Indexed Annuities&#8221;.  It is based on the results from Ruark Consulting&#8217;s Fixed Indexed Annuity Surrender Study.  It can be viewed at: More Policyholders Keeping Their Indexed Annuities &#160;]]></description>
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