AmerUs Group Launches Guaranteed Lifetime Income Benefit Available For Fixed Indexed Annuities.DES MOINES, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, -- AmerUs Group, a leading producer of life insurance and annuity products, today announced the launch of an optional guaranteed lifetime income benefit for its fixed indexed annuity product line. "Indexed annuities are growing in popularity with consumers planning for retirement due to the protection of principal, index-linked interest earnings potential, and annual lock-in of interest credits. Our new optional guaranteed lifetime income benefit further enhances retirement planning security by guaranteeing an annual cash flow for life," said Brian J. Clark, executive vice president and chief product officer. Mark V. Heitz, president of AmerUs Annuity Group added, "The popularity of our indexed annuity product line is clear - we are one of the nation's leading providers of this outstanding product. The guaranteed lifetime income benefit adds further value to our competitive product line and answers the needs of clients seeking guarantees and income they cannot outlive out·live tr.v. out·lived, out·liv·ing, out·lives 1. To live longer than: She outlived her son. 2. . The client can start or stop the withdrawals under this benefit at any time and still preserve the complete package of guarantees and other benefits offered by an indexed annuity." The guaranteed lifetime income benefit will be available July 1, 2006 in most states through agents of both AmerUs Life Insurance Company and American Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc. Rider form MCAIR (06/06) or state variation is issued by AmerUs Life Insurance Company, Des Moines, Iowa. Rider form AIR (06/06) or state variation is issued by American Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc., Topeka, Kansas. Product availability may vary by state. About AmerUs Group AmerUs Group Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMH AMH Abington Memorial Hospital (Abington, PA) AMH Anti-Müllerian Hormone AMH Australian Medicines Handbook AMH Automated Material Handling AMH Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) US Navy Rating ) is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and is engaged through its subsidiaries in the business of marketing individual life insurance and annuity products in the United States. Its major subsidiaries include: AmerUs Life Insurance Company, American Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Life Insurance Company of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Indianapolis Life Insurance Company. As of March 31, 2006, AmerUs Group's total assets were $24.7 billion and shareholders' equity Shareholders' Equity A firms' total assets minus its total liabilities. Equivalently, it is share capital plus retained earnings minus treasury shares. Shareholders' equity is the amount by which a company is financed through common and preferred shares. totaled $1.7 billion, including accumulated other comprehensive income In 1997 the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a Statement on Financial Accounting Standards entitled “Comprehensive Income”. This statement required all income statement items to be reported either as a regular item in the income statement and or a special item as . |
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