Advisor Services to Offer Fixed SPDA
Ameritas Advisor Services is pleased to announce that we will begin offering a Fixed Singe Premum Deferred Annuity effective July 28, 2010, which will be available to clients of Registered Investment Advisors. The product may not be available in all states For more information, e-mail us at direct@ameritas.com or call 800-555-2499 to speak to an Advisor Services associate.
In today's unpredictable financial environment - recession, layoffs and falling stock and bond prices- all of us have been hit with painful losses. There is a financial product that has held its value. September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. This industry-wide effort organized by LIFE (Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education), is supported by the nation's leading life insurance companies and brings nationwide attention to the benefits of life insurance. Look for updated 2010 information that will become available in the upcoming months. Take this opportunity to help your clients obtain life insurance protection.
The board of directors of the Calvert Variable Series, Inc. approved several changes to the variable fund portfolios that were completed on April 30, 2010. Both investment option prospectus and product prospectus supplements were sent to policyholders. In addition, policyholders with these products were sent a letter notifying them of this change and their options related to it.
The 2010 Pocket Tax Tables developed by UNIFI Companies Advanced Sales National Design Team are now available. To order a supply, e-mail us at direct@ameritas.com.
A fresh, contemporary new look - including "Mutual. Strong. Trusted." theme - has been developed for UNIFI Companies' Web site. This new look incorporates UNIFI-wide customer quotes and video clips. Check out the new site at www.unificompanies.com.
Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced on March 16, 2010, that it has updated UNIFI's rating to A+ (Strong) for insurer financial strength. This is the fifth highest of Standard & Poor's 21 ratings.
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March 16, 2010//JoaAnn Martin, president and chief executie officer - UNIFI Mutual Holding Company annouced the UNIFI Companies 2009 financial results.
A pdf of the 2009 UNIFI Companies annual report is now posted on UNIFIcompanies.com.
Ameritas Advisor Services, a division of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (Ameritas), launched a new version of the company's low cost Variable Universal Life (VUL) insurance policy designed for fee-based and fee-only advisors.
The driver behind the new product development was that effective December 31, 2008, all individual life insurance products must conform to the 2001 CSO Table and the new Ameritas Advisor VUL will do just that. Advisors are still be able to take advantage of many of the same benefits found in the original Ameritas Low-Load Variable Life Insurance product launched in 1997 including low fees, no surrender charges, access to a wide variety of investment options including funds from Vanguard Group and Fidelity, as well as a Fixed Account from Ameritas.
Variable universal life insurance enables advisors to help clients plan for their family's financial future as they protect it. By dedicating a portion of each premium payment to tax-deferred investment opportunities, buyers can save for such long-term goals as college funding or supplemental retirement income. Learn more.