81.   It also intends to sell more variable annuities, traditionally the domain of insurers.

82.   Investors in annuities linked to the market, so-called variable annuities, are among the most restless.

83.   It certainly looks as if there will be a big market for variable annuities.

84.   It may be a fixed amount, or -- in the case of a variable annuity -- reflect how an investment has performed.

85.   It will concentrate on the most profitable lines of insurance, but also expand investment products like mutual funds and variable annuities.

86.   Its Valic unit was the third-biggest variable annuity seller last year, the Variable Annuity Research and Data Service reported.

87.   Judging from their extraordinary popularity, one might assume that variable annuities must be a great choice for just about everybody.

88.   John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance has started a variable annuity with no load, or sales fee, that can be bought over the telephone.

89.   Just as an IRA does, a variable annuity serves to defer the income tax obligation on earnings until they are withdrawn.

90.   Like other specialists in variable annuities, SunAmerica contends that partly because of tax advantages and trading patterns, annuities can be a much better investment than critics say.