Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
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By Steve PiontekWell, Christmas is over and Christmas trees--having served their purpose--are already starting to appear at the curb waiting to be picked up.This image is almost ...
December 31, 2006
Can Bolstering Liquidity Spur Annuitization?It is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain reliable information regarding how many deferred annuity owners take their contracts to annuitization, but the general impression ...
December 31, 2006
3Q Annuity Sales Up 9%, With VAs In The LeadIndividual annuity sales reached $58.7 billion in the 3rd quarter of 2006, making for a 9% increase over the same period in 2005, according to ...
December 31, 2006
It's Time To Put Products On A Two-Rail TrackAn official from the Securities and Exchange Commission recently reiterated the SEC's position that consumers need to receive user-friendly, easily understood disclosure forms, according to ...
December 30, 2006
Are GLWBs All They're Cracked Up To Be?The guaranteed for life withdrawal benefit (GLWB) in variable annuities is being hailed as the answer to income needs in the retirement market. However, its limitations and suitability for satisfying consumer income needs
December 27, 2006
Experts: Insurers Will Share More Risk With Wall StreetLife insurers already have securitized more than $12 billion in business, and life and annuity securitizations are likely to accelerate in 2007, market watchers predict.Industry ...
December 27, 2006
Experts: Insurers Will Share More Risk With Wall StreetLife insurers already have securitized more than $12 billion in business, and life and annuity securitizations are likely to accelerate in 2007, market watchers predict.Industry ...
December 21, 2006
Mass. Fines Broker Dealer $500,000 Over EIA SalesA Massachusetts regulator has fined Investors Capital Corp. $500,000 for allegedly letting its representatives sell unsuitable equity-indexed annuities to seniors.Under an agreement with the state's ...