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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2007
Jacob M. Herschler, Southport, CT (US);
Daniel O. Kane, Florham Park, NJ (US);
N. David Kuperstock, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Robert Francis O'donnell, Harwinton, CT (US);
Steven Lee Putterman, West Hartford, CT (US);
Dain Eric Runestad, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Robert J. Schwartz, West Granby, CT (US);
Nicholas Berardis, Jr., Middlebury, CT (US);
John L. Grucza, Southington, CT (US);
Michael Albert Guido, Southbury, CT (US);
J. Scott Dunn, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Jacob M. Herschler, Southport, CT (US);
Daniel O. Kane, Florham Park, NJ (US);
N. David Kuperstock, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Robert Francis O'Donnell, Harwinton, CT (US);
Steven Lee Putterman, West Hartford, CT (US);
Dain Eric Runestad, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Robert J. Schwartz, West Granby, CT (US);
Nicholas Berardis, Jr., Middlebury, CT (US);
John L. Grucza, Southington, CT (US);
Michael Albert Guido, Southbury, CT (US);
J. Scott Dunn, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Newark, NJ (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention is a method for providing a financial instrument that includes determining an initial account balance associated with a financial instrument, establishing a first guarantee of a protected value, the protected value including at least an amount based upon the initial account balance growing at a minimum positive growth rate, establishing a second guarantee that a beneficiary may receive a transfer of an amount of money, and establishing an agreement to allow at least a portion of the account balance to be transferred from one or more selected investments to one or more alternative investments in response to a triggering event.