Annuities
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Study: Higher Fees, Less Flexibility in VAs' Living Benefit Riders
By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, Savita Iyer-AhrestaniNearly all VA providers raised fees on living benefit riders in 2008
July 14, 2009
Trades Want CFPA CertaintyInsurance groups are asking Congress to change and clarify the Consumer Financial Protection Agency proposal, to ensure that no insurance product comes under the agency's authority.
July 14, 2009
Income Annuity Offers HelpA new fixed immediate annuity is offering family resource benefits and an option to help customers cope with inflation.
July 14, 2009
N.Y. Rejects Annuity ConceptThe New York Department of Insurance has disapproved a proposed contingent annuity contract.
July 14, 2009
N.Y. Life Backs PBS ShowNew York Life Insurance Company has become a corporate sponsor of Consuelo Mack WealthTrack.
July 14, 2009
Pacific Life offers new retirement strategy for variable annuity clientsPacific Life, Newport Beach, Calif., has added a new optional benefit to its suite of variable annuities.
July 14, 2009
Income Annuity Offers HelpA new fixed immediate annuity is offering family resource benefits and an option to help customers cope with inflation.
July 13, 2009
Web Exclusive: VAs And FINRALinda Koco points out that FINRA collected more fines in connection with mutual fund cases in 2008 than with variable annuity cases.