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VA customers don’t read prospectuses — and at 200 pages, who can blame them?

A new report finds that VA customers don't read prospectuses — and with the some of the documents running upwards of 200 pages, it's easy to understand why.

Insurance customers looking to do some light reading this summer should probably avoid looking at a prospectus for a variable annuity.
Out of the 15 top-selling VA products, the prospectuses for eight stretch beyond 150 pages, according to a study from the Insured Retirement Institute. Two of the

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