More than 40% were asking about drawdown, with another 17% inquiring about "ad hoc lump-sum withdrawals".
Under the measure, those who have retired or are about to will be able to take a series of lump sums rather than being forced to buy another financial product after a single drawdown.
From April, individuals approaching retirement and pensioners will be able to take a series of lump sums, rather than being forced to buy another financial product after a single drawdown.
In the first half of the year sales rose 78% to $1.3 billion, but a $300 million chunk of that was a drawdown from deferred revenue and another $200 million was added receivables.
Another problem with annuities is that, unlike income drawdown, you no longer have control of your money.
President Obama, who escalated a war that has claimed the lives of about 2,200 US troops, announced in May that he will extend the war another two years ahead of a significant troop drawdown timed for the end of his presidency.
Another salient point that continues to intrigue analysts: Russia's drawdown will put pressure to act on both parties (Syrian regime and opposition groups) at the Geneva talks.
Though Iraqis have called for Americans to leave from the start of the occupation in 2003, the prospect of such a drastic drawdown, from the 48,000 troops here now, has revealed another side of the Iraqi psyche.
With this approach, environmental water-level fluctuations caused by natural stress on the aquifer system, and the pumping signal from aquifer testing are analytically simulated simultaneously and distinguished from one another during pre-pumping, pumping, and recovery periods in order to estimate drawdown.
