Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Party Crashers
By Arthur D. PostalThe Securities and Exchange Commission is signaling to industry lawyers it is focusing on the disclosures involved in annuities that provide living benefit riders.
December 01, 2011
Following a Trend, John Hancock Retreating From Annuity BusinessFirm will discontinue a number of VAs, market-value-adjusted annuities and an immediate annuity, blaming low interest rates and volatile equity markets.
November 30, 2011
An index annuity “alternative” (with double-digit cap rates)Instead of pitching the same old index annuity, consider putting that lump-sum purchase into an Index Universal Life (IUL) policy.
November 30, 2011
Additional revenues for annuity salespeopleLow commissions got you down? Here are some fun ways to make extra money.
November 30, 2011
Innovation, competition key to new annuity universeAdvances in products and new entrants into the annuity space threaten to shake up the industry. And thats not necessarily a bad thing.
November 30, 2011
2011 First Annual SMA Industry SurveyAs the stock market dips and dives in a capricious fashion, seniors seek the security products like annuities and life insurance can give them.
November 30, 2011
Raymond James Pays Highest Arbitration Award in HistoryAn 87-year-old Texas man is compensated after his financial holdings were switched to high-commission, high-surrender variable annuities. The company's last-minute appeal was overturned.
November 30, 2011
Beacon Research Study: Income and Indexed Annuity Sales Rise in Third QuarterBeacon Research Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Alexander attributes gains for income and indexed annuities in the third quarter to strong demand for guaranteed lifetime retirement income.