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        "uri": "/2014/01/08/award-winning-paper-highlights-demand-for-life-ann/",
        "title": "Award-winning paper highlights demand for life annuities",
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        "prettyDate": "January 08, 2014",
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        "summary": "Retirees in poor health were less likely than healthier counterparts to select a life annuity, indicating that a persons perceived longevity impacts investment choices",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/12/17/the-fio-report-what-it-says-about-annuities/",
        "title": "The FIO Report: What it says about annuities",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
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        "prettyDate": "December 17, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The FIO recommends that all states enact the NAIC Suitability in Annuities Transaction Model Regulation.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/07/31/blackrock-launches-new-retirement-income-indexes/",
        "title": "BlackRock launches new retirement income indexes",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
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        "prettyDate": "July 31, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The series is targeted for those aged 55 to 64 and is currently comprised of 10 U.S. bond indexes.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/07/09/dc-plan-participation-set-it-and-forget-it/",
        "title": "DC plan participation: Set it and forget it?",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
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        "prettyDate": "July 09, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "More workers are putting money into defined contribution plans, but then inertia takes over.",
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        "uri": "/2013/06/04/medicare-plays-important-role-in-retirement-decisi/",
        "title": "Medicare plays important role in retirement decision",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
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        "prettyDate": "June 04, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College studied the impact of Medicare eligibility on when a worker decides to leave the workforce.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/05/14/florida-senate-extends-annuity-law-to-all-ages/",
        "title": "Florida Senate extends annuity law to all ages",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "May 14, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "The new law would also impose stricter criteria when recommending an exchange or replacement of an annuity.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/04/25/workers-need-to-put-more-dollars-in-dc-plans/",
        "title": "Workers need to put more dollars in DC plans",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "April 25, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "To use a football analogy, workers must go long and deep in their defined contribution (DC) plans. In other words, they need to throw more dollars into those plans and for longer periods. That was one of the takeaways from a briefing held yesterday in New York City on retirement...",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/04/15/are-dias-the-perfect-annuity-for-baby-boomers/",
        "title": "Are DIAs the perfect annuity for baby boomers?",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "April 15, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "6 minute",
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        "summary": "The latest hot product in the annuity world is the deferred income annuity, or DIA. In simplest terms, a baby boomer can buy a DIA at age 55, but not switch on the income spigot until he or she actually retires in, say, 10 years, or whatever start date a...",
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        "uri": "/2012/12/27/prolonged-low-interest-rates-killing-retirement-sa/",
        "title": "Prolonged low interest rates killing retirement savings",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "December 27, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Living through an ongoing period of low interest rates can cut a participant's retirement savings by as much as half, a new Prudential study reports.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/11/19/low-interest-rates-slam-annuity-sales-in-q3/",
        "title": "Low interest rates slam annuity sales in Q3",
        "byline": "Maria Wood",
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        "prettyDate": "November 19, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Sales of annuities of every flavor dropped in the third quarter of 2012, except for a record-setting boom in indexed annuities, according to LIMRA",
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