Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Do You Have Broker Block?
By Michael HamJust because the yields in annuities arent great now doesnt mean your clients wont want to buy one. They want safety and stability.
December 15, 2011
IRI Tells Feds to Shed Light on Retirement Savings Needs, Encourage VA UseStreamlining agent licensing and creating more efficiencies among states is not a bad idea either, IRI says as part of its comment letter to the FIO on modernizing insurance regulation in the U.S.
December 15, 2011
Fitch: U.S. Life Insurance Industry Will be Stable in 2012The outlook, Fitch states, reflects the industrys strong balance sheet, which helps to somewhat mitigate ongoing concerns over challenging macroeconomic conditions that continue to pressure industry operating fundamentals.
December 13, 2011
Sun Life Financial to Exit Annuity BusinessSun Life Financial announced Monday that it will exit the annuity business effective Dec. 30, costing jobs in its Wellesley, Mass., and Portsmouth, N.H. offices.
December 13, 2011
SNL Financial: Annuity Considerations Up Nearly 15% in 2011MetLife Inc., New York, and ING Group N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, which each saw annuity consideration grow more than 40%, logged market share increases of 323 and 105 basis points, respectively, the report says.
December 12, 2011
Is it a Great Time for Indexed Annuities?Last week, LifeHealthPro and ProducersWEB co-hosted a Twitter chat with indexed annuities expert Sheryl Moore. This is what she had to say about the IAs.
December 12, 2011
Is it a Great Time for Indexed Annuities?Last week, LifeHealthPro and ProducersWEB co-hosted a Twitter chat with indexed annuities expert Sheryl Moore. This is what she had to say about the IAs.
December 12, 2011
Policyholders Getting Smarter, Leading to Charges for VA Products, Says Moody'sWhat is your company's assumption? Moody's says that if a companys assumptions underestimate how smart customers are in timing and making decisions, there can be significant unexpected additional economic costs to the company.