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Annuities, hard hit by COVID-19, give retirees one less option

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Insurers have started pulling some products amid volatility and low interest rates

The falling stock market would have been a great selling point for annuities. But, much like dry goods and toilet paper, the products are vanishing from shelves.

That isn’t because consumers are clearing out the available stock. Instead, insurance companies — which are having to contend with

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