In 1993 the CAR fell below the guaranteed annuity rate, thus prompting GAR policyholders to exercise their rights.
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Stage two of the acquisition would follow a settlement between Equitable's guaranteed and non-guaranteed annuity policyholders, Halifax said.
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It cannot be seriously doubted that the provision for guaranteed annuity rates was a good selling point in the marketing by the Society of the GAR policies.
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About 800, 000 people lost money in recent years as Equitable reduced the value of some policies to cover the liabilities from its guaranteed annuity rate policies.
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This fund was to be used to enhance terminal bonuses across the company, but was eventually used to compensate guaranteed annuity rate options ( GARs ) holders.
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Moynihan said the main difference between his proposals and those of the conservative " privatizers " was that " we retain a guaranteed annuity ."
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The seeds of Equitable's troubles date back to the 1970s, when it issued policies that provided a guaranteed annuity rate, regardless of the market interest rate.
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The ruling left the 238-year-old Equitable owing at least 1.5 billion pounds ( $ 2.2 billion ), to holders of policies with guaranteed annuities.
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The road toward partial privatization, he said, would increase the national debt, force the United States to borrow money from foreign governments to pay its retirees and take away a guaranteed annuity.
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The project is a joint venture of the Massachusetts Laborers'Pension Fund and two funds established by the carpenters union _ the Massachusetts State Carpenters Pension Fund and the Massachusetts State Carpenters Guaranteed Annuity Fund.