Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
EIA Volume Drops
By Staff WriterSales of equity indexed annuities fell to $5.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006, down 9.1% from the total for the fourth quarter of ...
February 18, 2007
Investment Guarantees-Good Or Bad?There seems to be almost a panicked rush to provide investment guarantees to non-insurance financial instruments.The selected investments to which guaranteed minimum income benefits, guaranteed ...
February 18, 2007
NASD: Comp Not Valid Reason To Convert Rep's BusinessA financial services company is not supposed to replace all of the variable annuities held by customers of a rep who comes over from a ...
February 18, 2007
NASD: Comp Not Valid Reason To Convert Rep's BusinessA financial services company is not supposed to replace all of the variable annuities held by customers of a rep who comes over from a ...
February 18, 2007
Good Suitability Screening Makes Good Sense For Annuity SalesHardly a day goes by that there is not something reported in the trade press or even in the general financial press about suitability issues ...
February 18, 2007
Good Suitability Screening Makes Good Sense For Annuity SalesHardly a day goes by that there is not something reported in the trade press or even in the general financial press about suitability issues ...
February 18, 2007
Investment Guarantees-Good Or Bad?There seems to be almost a panicked rush to provide investment guarantees to non-insurance financial instruments.The selected investments to which guaranteed minimum income benefits, guaranteed ...
February 16, 2007
Manulife Unit Adds AnnuityJohn Hancock Annuities has introduced the Venture Vision variable annuity, a contract that imposes no surrender charge on withdrawals.Hancock, Boston, a unit of Manulife Financial ...