http://community.newretirement.com/blogs/newretirement_news/archive/2009/05/30/11176.aspxBloomberg, May 29th, 2009Assets in U.S. variable annuities declined 5.4 percent in the three months ended March 31 as stock markets plunged and savers scaled back purchases. Total assets were $1.07 trillion at the end of the first quarteren-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60120.2339)