How important is a Variable Annuitys Insurance Company Rating

I'm not sure that what you say is true, Elle. Particularly in this case. All kastnna said was "FWIW I am pro-VA, not anti." But the tone of his posts were anti-VA for this situation. Why should that require disclosure? Particularly since he did not attempt to sell an alternative, nor attempt to "generate buzz" about some other product. When *you* suggest mutual funds, you do not disclose your ownership (or lack therof) of those funds, yet that may have ethical ramifications. In the example you gave, the engineer's remarks could have been construed as "generating buzz", hence the disclosure. Kastnna did neither of these things.

-Will

Disclosure: I have ethics.