Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
A New Era for the Fee-Based Market
By Corey WaltherThere has been a lot of buzz lately about annuities, and rightly so.
July 01, 2011
Answer life's callImagine one of your clients wants to buy life insurance (it happens!). But you never get around to sell the product because you had bigger fish (read: "products") to fry.
July 01, 2011
Trust but verify your insurance carriers"Caveat emptor." "Too good to be true." "Look before you leap."
July 01, 2011
Employer-owned life insurance: The rules have changedYou can rectify improper filing of EOLI forms to your client's benefit.
July 01, 2011
Find security in an insecure worldIt's easy to forget how fragile life is when indulging in the joys of vacations, significant accomplishments, life's special moments or simply going about our day-to-day lives.
July 01, 2011
To average or not to average?I have often heard agents suggest that averaging should be used to measure index movement if one thinks the market will be volatile.
July 01, 2011
Ethics vs. compensationDoes how an advisor is compensated make him or her more or less ethical? No.
July 01, 2011
In response to "Commit to building your referral business"In response to "Commit to building your referral business" Great article and especially timely for me.