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  1. This retained asset story is getting some legs. http://bit.ly/cmRTbA #fb
  2. Court tosses Rule 151A, leaving indexed annuities as insurance products. The next nail to come from Congress. http://bit.ly/c7NgLS #fb
  3. Just in case you thought the optional federal charter was dead ... http://bit.ly/9yJLlC #fb
  4. LIMRA says fixed annuity sales are improving. http://bit.ly/ahymqf #fb
  5. Congress is giving annuities a push. In a good way. http://bit.ly/boVqF4 #fb
  6. Congress getting close on a national insurance office http://bit.ly/dd5A6v #fb
  7. Life insurance sales taking a little bit of a breather after a great start to the year. http://bit.ly/c9CFbl #fb
  8. Yet another report says it's not pretty for annuities. This time from Beacon http://bit.ly/aS6eEj #fb
  9. Eastbridge study says life insurance was the leading voluntary sale in 2009. http://bit.ly/8XRkP7 #fb
  10. Finance reform has light touch on insurance regulation. http://bit.ly/czEUIu #fb
  11. Total annuity sales plummet 24% in 1Q, LiMRA says. Fixed annnuities down 48%. http://bit.ly/aGDDtz #fb
  12. AIG -- Back in the Black! http://bit.ly/aDmKBf #fb
  13. ACLI to Obama administration on retirement planning: Annuities. http://bit.ly/cLCINJ #fb
  14. Well, insurers don't have to worry about SEC oversight after all. They are apparently "busy" with other "things." http://bit.ly/aKctRj #fb
  15. Court rejects carriers' health rate increase request in Mass. in what some see as a harbinger of things to come http://bit.ly/aRfMGL #fb
  16. Americans optimistic about future, survey says. But, things aren't better, people just got used to "New Normal." http://bit.ly/8XEfTh #fb
  17. Interesting analysis on what happens next in the health reform political fight. http://bit.ly/buzGwI #fb
  18. Was unaware of this "annuity tax" in the reconciliation bill. http://bit.ly/dDjal6 #fb
  19. This Lincoln LIfe STOLI case still is generating quite a bit of interest on our site. http://bit.ly/994ovb #fb
  20. NAIC looking into stranger-originated annuities. Now we just need a pithy acronym! STOA? http://bit.ly/9YTorn #fb