Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Towers Watson: Pension Plans Outdid 401(k) Plans in Slump
By staff WriterDefined benefit pension plans seem to have outperformed defined contribution retirement plans in most years since the end of the dot-com boom.
March 08, 2011
California, New York Update Annuity RegsTwo large states are adopting new annuity suitability rules.
March 08, 2011
California, New York Update Annuity RegsTwo large states are adopting new annuity suitability rules.
March 08, 2011
Fixed Annuities Enjoy 'Record Year' in 2010: BeaconFollowing IRI's announcement Monday that variable annuities had a record year in 2010, Beacon Research reported Tuesday that fixed indexed and income annuities also broke sales records in 2010.
March 07, 2011
Annuity Data: Fixed Annuities; Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living BenefitsU.S. fixed annuity sales fell in 2010, but sales of indexed annuities and immediate annuities rose.
March 07, 2011
IRS Replaces Vested Benefits FormThe Internal Revenue Service has developed a new form that retirement plan administrators should use to identify separated participants with deferred vested benefits.
March 07, 2011
IRI: Annuity Sales RiseU.S. individual annuity sales were 5.7% higher in the fourth quarter of 2010 than in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the Insured Retirement Institute.
March 07, 2011
NCOIL Backs NAIC Suitability Model, OKs Balance Billing ModelThe National Conference of Insurance Legislators has endorsed an annuity suitability model developed by state insurance regulators and approved a health insurance balance billing model of its own.