Such warnings did not prevent all investor complaints.

And if other class-action lawyers follow suit and refuse to handle valid investor complaints?

The Times says investor complaints about online trades have quadrupled over the past year.

Perhaps most tellingly, it seeks to eliminate the regulatory caprice that is the subject of many investor complaints.

For underwriters, the investor complaints are only part of their problems.

"That is atypical, because most investigations of this nature are in response to investor complaints."

Surrender charges have prompted many investor complaints; they apply even if the account holder goes into a nursing home or becomes disabled.

The move comes as more than 20 states have banded together to try to persuade Stratton to settle investor complaints.

Responding to investor complaints and providing investor education.

As sales of annuities have grown, so have investor complaints related to them.