Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Hancock Offers New Retirement Annuity
By staff WriterAn insurer has released a new product designed to provide an alternative source of retirement income for those aged 55 to 75.
May 31, 2009
Annuities: Bet On The SpreadsBetting on the spreads has become a big business for the gambling industry. Virtually any newspaper shows a long list of point spreads in all of the major sports for all of the favorite teams.
May 31, 2009
Whole Life makes a combackHaving fallen out of favor as newer, more complicated products were developed, the steady standby that is whole life is selling better than ever. Find out how the product's flexibility and safety makes it a worthy selling tool for tough times.
May 31, 2009
Advisors Need To Prepare For A Storm Of LitigationFinancial advisors are the Number 1 litigious target in America today, according to Robert S. Mills, president of Financial Advisors Legal Association, Las Vegas.
May 31, 2009
Why CD Annuities Are Turning HeadsThe multi-year guarantee or CD-type annuity may not get much attention in headier times but the product has been enjoying a boom in sales since the onset of the economic downturn.
May 31, 2009
The SEC And Innovation In Annuities: What Is NeededMany of the developments and anxieties of the first quarter of 2009 have been attributable to the financial crisis.
May 31, 2009
Navigating The New VA World With ClientsMany financial advisors are now seeing the insurers with which they do business raise prices, experience ratings downgrades, reduce wholesaling forces, decrease benefits and features, and, in some cases, eliminate optional benefits.
May 31, 2009
Annuity/LTC Combos: Recipe For SuccessInsurers have been actively researching and/or developing combination (annuity and long term care) products for introduction once the Pension Protection Act takes effect on January 1, 2010.