Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Benefits Council Schedules Meetings
By staff WriterThe Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will start 3 days of meetings in Washington July 21.
July 06, 2009
Fixed Annuity Sales Hit Fourth Consecutive Quarterly RecordU.S. sales of fixed annuities continued strong in first quarter 2009.
July 06, 2009
Peter DraveckPeter Draveck has been named chief financial officer for First Niagara Risk Management Inc., the insurance subsidiary of First Niagara Financial Group Inc. He is a certified public accountant with 19 years of experience in the real estate,
July 06, 2009
Commissioners Examine Indexed Annuity SalesA study for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners reports that of 50 annuity insurers surveyed, 12 have either left the annuity business or gone into rehabilitation since 2008.
July 06, 2009
Senate Gets Annuity BillA new Senate bill could provide a 50% tax exclusion on up to $40,000 in annual income from a non-qualified lifetime annuity.
July 06, 2009
Diets don't work and neither does inconsistent prospectingAdrian Miller Sales Training If you've ever lost weight on a fad diet and quickly regained the pounds as soon as you returned to your usual way of eating, you know that diets don't work. What the weight loss gurus and diet book authors
July 06, 2009
Judge Doubts AIG Proved Case Against StarrThe trial judge presiding over the stock ownership battle between American International Group and Starr International Company said he doubts AIG can prove its case.
July 06, 2009
403(b)s Set DefaultsMany nonprofit retirement plans are using target-date funds and lifestyle funds to serve participants who fail to allocate their own plan assets.