Individual annuity owners received $43 billion in benefit payments in 2007.   ABC News Story Highlights Consumer Protections ABC News recently featured a story highlighting the current consumer protections for life insurance industry policyholders. The article explains that in spite of the current economic situation, policyholders need not worry about the ability of their life insurer to meet its obligations. Read the article. ACLI Letter to the Editor Appears in Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor from ACLI President and CEO Frank Keating setting the record straight on life insurers’ participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The letter was sent in response to an erroneous report in the Wall Street Journal on the subject and explains the important role life insurers play in our nation’s economy. Read the letter.