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  Are Annuities Too Risky for Insurance Companies?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 18, 2012

  The question naturally arises from Canadian life insurer Sun Life Financial’s decision to unload its U.S. annuity business for $1.35 billion, and recent shakeups in the annuity business.

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  Japan Avoids Spanish Bonds

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 11, 2012

  As yields continued to rise on Spanish sovereign debt, Japanese investors said they were not tempted by the increases and added that such investments were in too much danger from the continuing debt crisis.

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  Carrier STOLI Suits Not Limited by Contestability Period

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  October 10, 2011

  The Delaware Supreme Court recently held that life insurance carriers are not limited by the contestability period when they challenge a policy for lack of an insurable interest.