The National Securities Clearing Corp. is moving ahead with a project that could increase automation of the annuity sales process.
The NSSC, a unit of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., New York, has notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of a rule change that will allow for the electronic exchange of attachments to messages about variable annuities.
The attachments could include image data in the PDF format, according to the NSSC.