Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
NASD Officials Question Annuity Marketing Practices
By Allison BellTop officials of the National Association of Securities Dealers recently told securities industry executives that laws and regulations ought to put marketers of mutual ...
September 06, 2005
Illinois Insurer Rolls Out 5 Inde AnnuitiesFort Dearborn Life Insurance Company has introduced the Index Fortifier Series of fixed index annuities.[@@]The 5 annuity contracts provide interest credits linked to the ...
September 06, 2005
Insurer Unveils VA Withdrawal GuaranteesJackson National Life Insurance Company has introduced 2 guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit options for its Perspective variable annuity products.[@@]The AutoGuard feature gives purchasers the ...
September 05, 2005
Banks Indeed Annuity Sales Swell In 2nd QuarterBanks are selling almost 3 times as many equity indexed annuities as they did a year ago, according to a report by Kenneth Kehrer ...
September 04, 2005
Innovation In Annuities--What It Takes To WinIs innovation alive or dead in the annuity business? The answer is, "yes--well, sort of," according to insurance professionals contacted for this story.
September 03, 2005
Innovation In Annuities--What It Takes To WinIs innovation alive or dead in the annuity business? The answer is, "yes--well, sort of," according to insurance professionals contacted for this story.
September 02, 2005
ING Appoints Annuity Distribution ManagersING U.S. Financial Services has named 4 division sales managers for it's annuity marketing unit.[@@]The company has hired David Barnes to be divisional sales ...
September 01, 2005
Marketing Guru Says Guarantees Are The FutureThe life insurance industry may be spending the next few decades coming up with new and better ways to protect the retirement savings that ...