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Sun Life's recent exit from the variable annuity business is just the latest sign that carriers aren't thrilled by the risks such long-term investments carry. With several insurers backing out of the business, and others reining in benefits and raising prices, 2011 may go down as the year of the vanishing VA | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20110912&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=912009999&amp;Ref=PH?>Advisers favorite VA providers &amp;raquo;</a>
DEC 20, 2011

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