Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Variable Annuities Are For RetirementReally
By Norse N. Blazzard, Judith A. HasenauerDeferred variable annuities get a lot of bad press in the popular media. Virtually every financial publication has, at one time or another, run negative ...
September 20, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales DropBank sales of annuities dropped to $3.9 billion in July, from $4.1 billion in July 2003.[@@]Kenneth Kehrer Associates, Princeton, N.J., has published those statistics ...
September 15, 2004
Premium Bucket Nonforfeiture Approach Moves AheadPremium Bucket Nonforfeiture Approach Moves AheadByAnchorage, AlaskaRegulators charged with developing a regulation addressing nonforfeiture for individual deferred annuities decided to allow a premium bucket approach ...
September 10, 2004
IPipeline Updates AnnuityTrac SystemNU Online News Service, Sept. 10, 2004, 4:12 p.m. EDTInternet Pipeline Inc., Exton, Pa., has introduced AnnuityTrac 2.0, a Web-based annuity information system.[@@]Advisors who ...
September 08, 2004
Go top of page 10 with Nonqualified Annuities kickerLearning The Ropes Of Family Business SuccessionByIf you market to high-net-worth clients, then you undoubtedly find yourself involved with closely held business owners. I find ...
September 08, 2004
Go top of page 10 with Nonqualified Annuities kickerHow to Value a Key Person Among the many methods a business can use to value key employees, 4 of the more common ones are ...
September 08, 2004
2nd Quarter Index Annuity Sales At $5.3 BillionByIndex annuity sales hit yet another record in the 2nd quarter of 2004, reaching nearly $5.3 billion, according to Advantage Compendium, a St. Louis, Mo., ...
September 07, 2004
Hartford Enters Japan Fixed Annuity MarketNU Online News Service, Sept. 7, 2004, 5:11 p.m. EDTHartford Life Insurance K.K., Tokyo, is getting into Japan's fixed annuity market.[@@]The company, a unit ...