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Annuities are offered by insurance companies; the insurance companies that are licensed to underwrite life insurance and annuities by the state in which an annuity buyer resides. Each such insurance company is a qualified legal reserve life insurance company subject to financial requirements specifying the minimum reserves the company must maintain on its policies.
