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		<title><![CDATA[7 Best Annuities to Guarantee Income for Life]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/article/7-best-annuities-to-guarantee-income-for-life/371076/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Receiving a monthly check from the day you retire until the day you die sounds mighty appealing. But signing up for an immediate annuity also means locking up your money with an insurer for decades. How can you be certain the company will still be around? Here are seven of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can You Afford to Retire ... Ever?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The "new normal" retirement will start at 67, not 62. You'll pay for it with investments that don't even exist today. And you'd better start saving now.                    You know what happened...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut Due to Legal Entity Merger]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating of A+ Superior and issuer credit rating of "aa" of MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut (Hartford, CT) and assigned the company a category NR-5 Not Formally Followed.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and MetLife Agree to Continue Individual Annuity Joint Venture in Japan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK & TOKYO -- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. MSI President Hiroyuki Uemura, MetLife, Inc. MetLife International President William J. Toppeta and CitiInsurance International Holdings Inc. CitiInsurance President Michael B.G. Froman are pleased to announce that they have concluded a letter of intent to continue the business of Mitsui...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merrill teams with MetLife to offer annuity product; Group option geared for ERISA plans.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Phyllis Feinberg      NEW YORK - The retirement group of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in  New York has joined with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. to bring 401k  plan participants a fixed, deferred group annuity investment option.      While...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Designed for ERISA plans: Merrill Lynch teams with MetLife to offer annuity product.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Phyllis Feinberg    NEW YORK - The Retirement Group at Merrill Lynch has joined with  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. to bring 401k plan participants a  fixed, deferred group annuity investment option called Personal Pension  Builder.    While  Byline: Phyllis Feinberg ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[METLIFE LANDS BUYER FOR WACKER TOWER    Teachers Insurance and Annuity Assn. has agreed to buy the  39-story, 1.2 million-square-foot building at 1 S. Wacker Drive from  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., sources said. A sale price  couldn't be determined  METLIFE LANDS BUYER FOR WACKER...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[MetLife Adds Fund Options.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6493/is_200010/ai_n26305407]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has added five choices to the  investment options portfolio supporting the company's variable  annuity and variable life insurance products, bringing the total options  to 20 plus a fixed-interest account and a money mark  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has added five choices to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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