Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Hartford Posts Loss, Revamps VAs
By Allison BellHartford Financial Services Group Inc. says it will respond to the recent economic turmoil by curtailing international sales and changing its variable annuities.
April 30, 2009
Transamerica Updates VA RiderAn insurer is making changes to a variable annuity living benefit product.
April 30, 2009
What's new with annuity products?A continued economic slide has made customization and consumer-friendly developments crucial when creating both new fixed and variable annuity products. Here's a snapshot of the newest trends.
April 30, 2009
Is 151A gaining momentum?In a petition filed in mid-April, MetLife Inc., the North American Securities Administrators Association and AARP argued index annuities should be regulated as securities rather than insurance products, DowJones reports.
April 30, 2009
Regulation bluesAs if the industry didn't already have enough on its plate with SEC 151A looming, word leaked recently that a bill is making its way through the House that would give the biggest insurance companies an option to choose who would regulate them -- state governments or the Fed.
April 30, 2009
the outlook for linked annuity-LTCI productsThe annuity market could see a fresh wave of innovation with so-called combination or linked products, which package an annuity with an option that provides contract-holders with accelerated access to funds to cover costs related to long term care.
April 30, 2009
The guilty prospectThe couple that you saw a year ago is sitting across the table once again.