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The Insured Retirement Institute's mission is to provide financial advisors and other interested parties with information and resources to assist in a better understanding of annuities and the role of these products in financial retirement planning. One very important resource are the articles in the financial and consumer press.

Press Room Archives for 2002  

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NAVA Reports Q3 2002 Variable Annuity Data

12.06.2002

The National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA) announced today third quarter results for the variable annuity industry. The combined net assets of U.S. variable annuities decreased 9.0 percent to $754.4 billion at the end of the third quarter, as compared to second quarter of 2002. Net assets decreased by 7.3 percent relative to the third quarter a year ago.

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Nationwide President Elected to NAVA Hall of Fame

10.02.2002

Joseph J. Gasper, president and chief operating officer of Nationwide Financial, will be elected next Monday to the hall of fame of the National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA), one of the leading trade organizations of the life insurance industry.

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NAVA Reports Q2 2002 Variable Annuity Data

09.06.2002

The National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA) announced today second quarter results for the variable annuity industry. The combined net assets of U.S. variable annuities decreased 7.0 percent to $829.5 billion at the end of the second quarter, as compared to the end of the first quarter of 2002. Net assets decreased by 8.9 percent relative to the second quarter a year ago.

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NAVA Reports Q1 2002 Variable Annuity Data

05.23.2002

The National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA) announced today first quarter results for the variable annuity industry. Included for the first time in this quarter’s release is survey data on net flows.

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XML-Standard for Annuity Industry Complete

04.23.2002

The National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA), the leading trade association for the variable annuity industry, announced today that the Product Profile for Annuities (PPfA) is now complete and will be forwarded to ACORD for inclusion in the ACORD XMLife Standard. An update of the XML standard and the NAVA Implementation Guide for the PPfA will be on the NAVA (www.navanet.org) and ACORD (www.acord.org) websites May 1.

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NAVA Reports Q4 2001 Variable Annuity Data

02.26.2002

The National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA) announced today that the combined net assets of U.S. variable annuities increased 8.5 percent to $883 billion at the end of the fourth quarter relative to the end of the third quarter of 2001. Net assets decreased by 7.7 percent as compared to the end of 2000.

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