Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
EBSA Official: We Won't Take Over Retirement Plans
By Allison BellThe head of an agency of the U.S. Labor Department promised Wednesday that the department has no interest in using annuitization as an excuse to help itself to private retirement savings.
June 17, 2010
Boomer Surveys: Allianz, MetLifeTypical baby boomer workers have no idea how much they need to save to generate the amount of income they would like to collect when they retire.
June 17, 2010
H.R. 4173: Harkin Moves Ball On AnnuitiesMembers of the conference committee responsible for reconciling the House and Senate versions of H.R. 4173 have been looking at the indexed annuity jurisdiction issue.
June 16, 2010
Brewer Signs 4 AdvisorsA full-service broker-dealer says it recently has attracted financial professionals with a total of about $100 million in assets under management.
June 16, 2010
LIMRA: African-Americans More Interested In AnnuitizationAfrican-American consumers seem to be more interested than the general population as a whole in converting retirement savings into lifetime income.
June 16, 2010
Securian Aims To Cut Advisors' PaperworkSecurian Financial Group is offering its top advisors a program that reduces the paperwork the advisor needs to fill out for annuity sales.
June 16, 2010
SEC Proposes Target-Date Fund Disclosure RulesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants issuers of target-date investment funds to use tag lines to describe fund asset allocations.
June 16, 2010
Securian Aims To Cut Advisors' PaperworkSecurian Financial Group is offering its top advisors a program that reduces the paperwork the advisor needs to fill out for annuity sales.