Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Industry Witnesses Blast Labor Fiduciary Proposal
By Arthur D. PostalMany parts of a U.S. Department of Labor fiduciary definition proposal are dangerously ambiguous, according to a retirement services vendor executive.
March 28, 2011
NAIC Panel Approves Stranger-Originated Annuity DraftThe Life Insurance and Annuities Committee at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted a stranger-originated annuity transactions model bulletin draft.
March 27, 2011
NAIC Actuarial Panels Work on Annuity, Life and Disability TablesThe Life Actuarial Task Force and the Health Actuarial Task Force are forging ahead with several actuarial table updates.
March 25, 2011
Fed Governor: Crisis Scared Winners, TooSome U.S. families with heads near retirement did fine from 2007 to 2009 - and members of those families seem to be about as nervous about spending as families that lost heavily during the crisis.
March 25, 2011
Fed Governor: Crisis Scared Winners, TooSome U.S. families with heads near retirement did fine from 2007 to 2009 - and members of those families seem to be about as nervous about spending as families that lost heavily during the crisis.
March 24, 2011
Annuity Facts: Seminar Do's and Don'tsWhether or not you hold a security license, there are many aspects of compliance that every insurance agent must understand.
March 24, 2011
Annuity Facts: Seminar Do's and Don'tsWhether or not you hold a security license, there are many aspects of compliance that every insurance agent must understand.
March 22, 2011
Fixed indexed annuities: Working the flexibility angleWell, if there was ever any doubt about the long-term viability of fixed indexed annuities, those worries have been erased these last couple of years.