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		<title><![CDATA[New VA feature extends benefit to the spouse; Advisers like idea of guarding survivor's income stream.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200512/ai_n17422773]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Gary S. Mogel       NEW YORK - Spousal guarantees, a new feature in variable annuities,  provide a surviving spouse with the same minimum-income stream in  retirement as the spouse who owned the contract.       "It's very important...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MetLife Introduces New Inflation Protection Rider for Individual Disability Income; Automatically Increases the Monthly Benefits Amount]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_August_31/ai_n6175147]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- MetLife today announced the introduction of the new Automatic Increase Benefit AIB rider designed to allow policyholders to keep pace with inflation without having to provide evidence of continued insurability. The rider, available on certain MetLife disability income policies, automatically increases the base monthly benefit by 5%...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Outlook for variable annuities fairly dim: rising prices a likely deterrent.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200302/ai_n17431506]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On the surface, estimates that new variable-annuities sales rose 5%  last year might be cause for high-fives all around.       But executives, who know what's behind the numbers, say the  apparent gains are deceptive. If anything, the figures appear t   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hancock LTC rider allows spouses to share benefits. (John Hancock Financial Services; long-term care)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_199510/ai_n21981412]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A new rider developed by John Hancock Financial Services gives an individual access to benefits available under a spouse's long-term care LTC policy, if that individual's LTC benefits are exhausted. Under Hancock's SharedCare plan, each spouse, in orderA new rider developed by John Hancock Financial Services gives an individual access...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 1995 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Payroll deduction UL has LTC accelerated benefit. (universal life, long-term care)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transamerica Assurance has added a long-term care accelerated benefits rider to its new payroll deduction universal life policies. The rider covers long-term and home health care and pays a monthly benefit equal to 2% of the base policy death benefit. It Transamerica Assurance has added a long-term care accelerated benefits...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 1993 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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