15% bonus EIA
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A client just called me about a 15% bonus EIA, I think from Allianz. I'm not familiar with the product (I don't have an appointment with Allianz for fixed products, and I'm not a big fan of EIA's in general).
3 questions.
1. Can anyone give me a very short description of what this particular annuity is?
2. Related question, different case. What is the Dex 5 contract?
3. This is a new client for me with about $25,000. She has between $1mm and $2mm with someone else, mostly in recently bought EIA's. I haven't seen the contracts, but I believe most have very high bonuses, which I assume is going to mean either very long surrender or forced annuitization. I think she is relatively smart, but uneducated on financial products, and the guy she is working with is a very polished salesman (who only sells very high comm EIA's). Anyone have advice on how to educate her without making her feel stupid? I'm afraid if I talk about these products like I normally do, she will just shut down because she won't want to face the reality that she just put 95% of her net worth into a product that forces annuitization.
Special note for BH - I don't want to know why she did something smart to do the EIA, or how much better that salesman is than me (she had it when I met her). I think from some of your posts you and I actually use the same VA from JNL quite a bit, so please don't lecture me like you would Allreit about how annuities are the be all end all.
Show her this http://www.nasd.com/InvestorInformation/InvestorAlerts/Annui tiesandInsurance/Equity-IndexedAnnuities-AComplexChoice/inde x.htm?ssSourceNodeId=1108
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I must be getting smarter, because you are being nicer.
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Sounds like you've got a good grasp on the relationship between nice and smart.
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I must be getting smarter, because you are being nicer.
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That was funny.
This sounds like a newer version of the Allianz annuity that my profit sharing people have with Allianz. 10% bonus 5% liquidity, have to annuitize over 10 years to get the full/bonus value. Again not a problem for their IRA accounts, perfectly acceptable, but for a pooled plan...NOT.
[quote=Dust Bunny]
That was funny.
This sounds like a newer version of the Allianz annuity that my profit sharing people have with Allianz. 10% bonus 5% liquidity, have to annuitize over 10 years to get the full/bonus value. Again not a problem for their IRA accounts, perfectly acceptable, but for a pooled plan...NOT.
[/quote]Don't forget the 3% crediting rate.
How much are T-Bills paying these days?
[quote=AllREIT] [quote=Dust Bunny]
That was funny.
This sounds like a newer version of the Allianz annuity that my profit sharing people have with Allianz. 10% bonus 5% liquidity, have to annuitize over 10 years to get the full/bonus value. Again not a problem for their IRA accounts, perfectly acceptable, but for a pooled plan...NOT.
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Don't forget the 3% crediting rate.
How much are T-Bills paying these days?
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Dumbf**k.