Equity Index Annuities - 2006 Second Quarter Results;

Equity Index Annuities - 2006 Second Quarter Results;

Allstate Reports 2006 Second Quarter Results; Net Income EPS
Business Wire (press release), CA - Jul 19, 2006 7,867 8,177 (3.8) Life and annuity contract benefits 0.5) 1,064 1,083 (1.8) Annuities Indexed annuities(1 and $94,777) $ 95,935 $ 98,065 Equity securities, at

NASD Foundation Study Examines What Makes Elderly Susceptible to
Yahoo! News (press release) - Jul 17, 2006 Hard Sell; Should You Exchange Your Life Insurance Policy?; Equity-Indexed Annuities -- A Complex Choice; Should You Exchange Your Variable Annuity?; and Stock

Annuities may get more scrutiny
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Jun 28, 2006 All forms of annuities will be considered. But the controversy around annuities has focused on a special type called an equity-indexed annuity.

United States: Legal Alert: ALI-ABA�s SEC/NASD Compliance
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription), UK - Jul 16, 2006 which provides that broker-dealers have certain supervisory responsibilities concerning equity-indexed annuities, even when the equity-indexed annuity is not a

Aviva Nearing Deal To Acquire AmerUs Group For $2.9 Bln -Update
Trading Markets, CA - Jul 12, 2006 income benefit for its fixed indexed annuity product line. position in the lucrative variable annuity market. 31, 2006, while shareholders' equity totaled $1.7