Retirement hopes fading away for many - Houston Chronicle

Retirement hopes fading away for many Houston Chronicle, United States - Oct 14, 2008 ... an annuity and her investments to fully fund the next chapter in her life. A senior human resources adviser for a Houston engineering and construction ...
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Horace Mann picks N. Texas Dallas Business Journal, TX - 1 hour ago The company reported annual revenue of $887 million in 2007, including results from its property, casualty, life
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Fixed-annuity sales zoom in second quarter - InvestmentNews

Fixed- annuity sales zoom in second quarter InvestmentNews, NY - 20 hours ago AIG Annuity Insurance Co. of Houston sold $2.09 billion, while Aviva USA of Des Moines, Iowa, sold $1.67 billion. Beacon also released its bank channel ...
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AmeriLife, Everest Sign Exclusive Marketing Agreement Offering ... MarketWatch - 23 hours ago HOUSTON , TX, Sep 09, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- AmeriLife Group, LLC, the largest annuity
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Immediate annuity in retiree’s portfolio increases amount heirs ... - Kansas City Star

Immediate annuity in retiree’s portfolio increases amount heirs ... Kansas City Star, MO - 11 hours ago One way, according to the actuarial firm Milliman Inc. in Seattle, is to include an immediate fixed income annuity in your retirement portfolio. ...
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Best Dates to Retire: Tax Considerations GovExec.com, DC - 12 hours ago Some claims are finalized within days of receipt and the full annuity payment is reflected in the first retirement
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Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 ... - dBusinessNews Chicago (press release)

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 ... dBusinessNews Chicago (press release), IL - Jun 30, 2008 ... on a broad range of reinsurance matters, including all aspects of transactions, particularly relative to property, annuity , health and life insurance. ...
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Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 ... dBusinessNews Chicago (press release), IL -
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BUYINS.NET: CRBC, MCEL, OSIR, PBKS, RVEP, SPRD Have Also Been ... - Trading Markets (press release)

BUYINS.NET: CRBC, MCEL, OSIR, PBKS, RVEP, SPRD Have Also Been ... Trading Markets (press release), CA - 1 hour ago This division also offers retail mutual funds, other securities, variable and fixed annuities , personal disability and life insurance products, ...
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Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 ... dBusinessNews Chicago (press release), IL - 13 hours ago ...
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Student Lender Brazos Group Inc. Wants Citigroup, Bank of America, and Other Banks to Solve Problems Caused By Auction-Rate Securities Market Crisis

Student-loan company Brazos Group Inc. is $12 billion in debt, $7 billion of which it is unable to purchase back, refinance, or restructure. The company, which is the largest municipal borrower in the auction-rate securities market, wants Citigroup, Bank of America, and other banks to find a solution. During the fiscal years of 2005-2007, Brazos used bonds to increase lending to $11.19 billion. However, Brazos and over 100 student lenders stopped making government-backed loans earlier this
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Settlement Factoring- A Look Into The Future

The year is 2018 and Ford just released their new Taurus powered by a small nuclear reactor. Gas prices have just reached an all time high of $22 a gallon. The structured settlement factoring regulators have tightened the noose on the dinosaurs of the industry with a discount rate cap of 8%. After the first rate cap dating back to 2010, several caps have followed resulting in many of the larger companies filing bankruptcy or
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How Are Structured Settlement Transfers Priced?

As repeated several times throughout this blog and the structured settlement secondary market, settlement factoring transactions are priced using discount rates. There are several variables that determine the overall discount rate a transaction receives, including time value of money, future value, court filing fee’s, payment stream, misc. costs, and salaries. All of the above variables increase the discount rate due to the expenses the factoring company incurs during the transaction process. Below, we will outline
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Do you want a calculator for your Website?

Settlement Quotes released our discount rate and present value calculators for the public earlier this month. Now, we are providing a way that individuals can place our calculator on any website so consumers will be further educated about discount rates and pricing of structured settlement factoring transactions. At this time there is not a reliable source for consumers to understand or price a structured settlement factoring transaction on their own. The only other known source by
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UBS To Pay Massachusetts Municipalities Over $35 Million for Auction-Rate Securities Losses

UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, both units of UBS AG, have agreed to pay 19 Massachusetts public agencies and local governments over $35 million for their losses in the auction-rate securities market. The sum represents the return of principal payments by the municipalities. The settlement agreement follows a probe by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office into accusations that the two UBS units misled the local entities by convincing them that the investments were
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