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Dallas Small Business Information SuperBLOG for October 15, 2009

Posted by NetOffer, Inc. in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on Oct 14, 2009

Dallas Small Business Information SuperBLOG for October 15, 2009

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Lakewood Insurance Agent discusses Changing Times for Annuities October 12, 2009

Lakewood Insurance Agent Sam Morris continues the discussion on the Uncertainty and Changing Times for Individual Annuities. Here are some recent statistics about Annuities: Fixed Annuity Sales dropped 20% in second quarter 2009 from the previous quarter but they were 10% higher than in second quarter 2008. Fixed Annuity sales reached an estimated $27.5 billion in second quarter 2009. The second quarter 2009 study covers sales of 53 insurance companies in the U.S. These companies represent an estimated 86% of the fixed annuity market. To date 2009 the total market sales were an estimated $62.6 billion, 39% above first half 2008. The estimated second quarter 2009 sales were, book value $14 billion, indexed $8.2 billion, marke [more info...]

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Process Efficiency Expert in Dallas October 11, 2009

Process Efficiency Expert in Dallas Shares his client testimonials and wishes to thank all of his past, current and future clients: "It (process improvement implementation) was one of the toughest things that I have done in my professional career but ( ) it was the best thing that I've done for myself and staff. We are still making changes ? Bruce and Tania are not going to believe it ( I still can't ;-) but we have NO data to enter...all of our data that was sooooooo backed and piled up is gone. I still can't believe it ? I knew this would make you guys smile...we were about 3 months behind maybe even more than that." Millie McDonald State Director SC Center for Child Care Career Development "Bruce has worked with us on compli [more info...]

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Lakewood Insurance Agent discusses Uncertainty and Annuities October 05, 2009

Lakewood Insurance Agent Sam Morris discusses the Uncertainty and Changing Times for Individual Annuities. [caption id="attachment_123" align="alignright" width="112" caption="Sam Morris, State Farm Agent"][/caption] With markets recovering and interest rate spreads narrowing, the balance in individual annuity sales shifted in the second quarter from fixed to variable annuities ("VA"s). Fixed annuity sales had out preformed Vas for the previous two quarters before hitting a decline in sales sharply. When combined with a weak gain in VA sales, the total individual annuity sales for the quarter fell 9% compared to first quarter 2009. This was the first decline in overall annuity sales since the market collapse of 2008. This led to a [more info...]

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Dallas Lean Expert Testimonials October 03, 2009

Dallas Lean Expert Testimonials Thank you so much for today---You were terrific and made a really overwhelming situation very organized--For sure, we could never have done it without you!!!! Donna Bender President thedonnabendercompany Thank you for introducing me to Bruce Carnohan. He is a dynamic individual with great ideas. I appreciate you for thinking of me and making the introduction. Warm regards, Redonna Higgins Executive Vice President First Community Bank He helped us understand and implement how to turn chaos into order at this facility Norma Johnson HR/Office Manager at Keystone Research Corporation The Division did work with Bruce a few years ago when we were evaluating Professional Development and also with [more info...]

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