UNIFI Retirement Plans Targets $3-Million-Plus Market with Advantage Elite

Lincoln, Neb./Cincinnati, Ohio//March 2, 2009// UNIFI Companies Retirement Plans announces a new addition to its UNIFI Retirement Advantage Series® of retirement plans’ group annuity products issued by Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. and The Union Central Life Insurance Company. UNIFI Retirement Advantage EliteSM targets the $3- to $20-million retirement plans market with some exceptionally competitive features.

“Advantage Elite is sophisticated, yet easy to understand,” says Drew Powers, vice president – retirement plans. “For example, there is complete fee transparency. There is only one asset management fee charged against the plan’s assets, eliminating much of the confusion associated with so many retirement plans’ fee structures.”

Powers adds that Advantage Elite is a product that can “grow and mature with our clients’ success. With our multi-product portfolio, Advantage Elite becomes the continuum for sustaining the relationship with UNIFI Companies Retirement Plans. There’s no need to switch to another provider as a business grows.”

Along with fee transparency, Advantage Elite’s clients benefit from a client relationship manager who coordinates all aspects of the retirement plan. This experienced individual helps with plan conversions, ensures the smooth transition to UNIFI Retirement Plans’ on-going service team and serves as a valuable asset to plan sponsors in helping them satisfy important fiduciary responsibilities. All products in the UNIFI Retirement Advantage Series make available three effective fiduciary resources: Fiduciary Handbook, Fiduciary Investment SafeguardSM and Portfolio PlaybookSM.

Ed Deeds, vice president – retirement plans sales, points out that Advantage Elite was built specifically with the $3-million-plus retirement plans marketplace in mind. “Along with its simplicity of fee transparency, Advantage Elite broadens our advisors’ reach into the retirement plans market. It’s a product that can fully serve the retirement plans advisor, whether commission-based or fee-based RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) sales.”

The UNIFI Retirement Advantage Series also includes UNIFI Retirement Advantage SelectSM, a group annuity. Both products feature favorable service and support, a strong and diverse investment platform and a rigorous process for the selection and monitoring of funds.

UNIFI Companies Retirement Plans is an affiliation of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. and The Union Central Life Insurance Company’s retirement plans divisions. These companies offer the retirement plans products and services of UNIFI Companies.

For more information about UNIFI Companies, visit UNIFIcompanies.com. Each UNIFI company is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations.

The UNIFI Companies Advantage Series® refers to group variable annuity contracts issued by Ameritas (Form AL 64349) or Union Central (Forms UC 64349 and UC 64349NY). May not be available in all states.

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For additional information, contact:
Ed Deeds - Vice President Sales & Marketing
UNIFI Companies Retirement Plans
513-595-2596
EDeeds@UNIFIcompanies.com

UNIFI Companies
5900 O Street, Lincoln, NE 68510
1876 Waycross Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45240