Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
U.S. Retirement Partners Acquires USD
By Staff WriterA national 403(b) plan provider is buying a distributor in Southern California.
June 02, 2011
Pension Experts, Hawks Duel over Nest EggsReducing retirement savings incentives would hurt working families while doing less to cut the federal deficit than the budget hawks predict, pension experts say.
June 02, 2011
Fixed Annuity Sales Up for First Time in Two YearsData released by Beacon Research found fixed annuity sales are finally turning around.
June 01, 2011
Beacon Confirms 6% Increase in Fixed Annuity SalesU.S. sales of individual fixed annuities rose to about $19 billion in the first quarter, up 6% from the total for the first quarter of 2010.
June 01, 2011
Advisors see boom in boomer clients4 Million. Number of boomers turning 60 each year for the next 18 years.
June 01, 2011
Selling Systems Source ListThis source list represents those companies that chose to participate and that responded by the deadline.
June 01, 2011
Larry Winget on the two tools critical for success in all areas of lifeOnly about 3 percent of people have written down goals for their lives. I didn't say that only 3 percent have goals--just that only 3 percent bothered to write them down.
June 01, 2011
Lessons learned from rogue advisorsIt's hard to avert one's eyes when rogue advisor stories appear in the press. But what can you learn from these stories? That self-centeredness has tragic consequences.