Lincoln Financial

Lincoln Financial Group is a large, diversified provider of life insurance, annuities and other retirement-related products and services.

Lincoln Financial has existed for over a century, and the company is consistently considered as one of the leading life and health insurers in the United States based on revenues.

Having started in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1905, Lincoln Financial is now one of the top providers of life insurance in the U.S. The company is also a leading provider of annuities and group disability coverage.

The annuities offered by Lincoln National include fixed annuities, fixed indexed annuities and variable annuities.

The Lincoln National Corporation is a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange.

Lincoln Financial Product Reviews
Product Review of Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance B Share: "When including a guaranteed income benefit and an enhanced guaranteed minimum..."

Products Offered
American Legacy Design 1 American Legacy Design 1 New York Variable Annuity American Legacy Design 2 American Legacy Design 2 New York Variable Annuity American Legacy Design 3 American Legacy Design 3 New York Variable Annuity American Legacy III American Legacy III B-Class American Legacy III B-Class New York American Legacy III C Share American Legacy III C Share New York Variable Annuity American Legacy III New York Variable Annuity American Legacy III Plus American Legacy III Plus New York Variable Annuity American Legacy III Shareholder's Advantage New York American Legacy III View American Legacy III View New York Variable Annuity American Legacy Shareholder's Advantage American Legacy Shareholder's Advantage A-Class American Legacy Shareholder's Advantage A-Class New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance A Class Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance A Class New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance A Share Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance A Share New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance B Class Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance B Class New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance B Share Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance B Share New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance Bonus Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance Bonus New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance C Share Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance C Share New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance L Share Lincoln ChoicePlus Assurance L Share New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Design 1 Lincoln ChoicePlus Design 1 New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Design 2 Lincoln ChoicePlus Design 2 New York Lincoln ChoicePlus Design 3 Lincoln ChoicePlus Design 3 New York Lincoln Classic Fixed Annuity Lincoln GrowSmart Fixed Annuity Lincoln Insured Income Immediate Annuity (SPIA) Lincoln MYGuarantee Plus Fixed Annuity Lincoln New Directions Fixed Indexed Annuity Lincoln OptiChoice Fixed Indexed Annuity Lincoln OptiPoint Fixed Indexed Annuity Lincoln SmartIncome Inflation Annuity Multi-Fund 5

Products Offered

General Information
Website	www.lfg.com
Type	Insurance Company
Founded	1905
Ownership
Country	USA

Contact Information
Address	Radnor, PA 19087
Phone
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Information & Articles about Lincoln Financial

Variable Annuity Sales Total $34 Billion During Third Quarter of 2010

Variable annuity sales in the United States increased 9.7 percent to total $34 billion during the third quarter of 2010.

Variable annuity revenue figures continue to be concentrated among a handful of leading companies:

The Pitfalls of Using Group Annuities as a Wrapper for 401k Plans

A very good article in Forbes magazine discusses the many downsides of using group annuity contracts as a wrapper for 401k plans.

This is not to be confused with 401k or defined contribution plans that offer an annuity option within their plans or an annuity option outside of the plans to participants who are retiring or leaving the company.

In fact, most of the group annuity wrappers provide no ability to annuitize.

The practice is especially common among 401k plans offered by smaller employers.

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