Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Insurer Aims At Charitable Gift Market
By Staff WriterNew York Life Insurance Company is presenting income annuities as a vehicle that nonprofit groups can use to shore up charitable gift annuity programs.
March 23, 2009
All the latest on American International GroupThis is a roundup of recent National Underwriter articles on developments at American International Group.
March 23, 2009
Ask the expert: period certain annuities for retirement plan distributions?This article answers the question: When should I consider recommending that clients take a period certain annuity option?
March 23, 2009
MetLife: Workers Like Income GuaranteesEmployees seem to be much more interested in annuitized retirement benefits than their employers are.
March 23, 2009
Quiz question: Which is not a liquidity feature?This article answers the question about which of several features is not a liquidity feature of fixed indexed annuities.
March 23, 2009
Top story: What to know about mortality credits and other annuity factsThis article looks at why consumers need to know about mortality credits in life income annuities. Also covers other annuity facts discussed by Tom Hegna of New York Life.
March 22, 2009
Fixed annuity interest rate trends as of March 2009Tables show interest rate trends in fixed annuities as of March 9, 2009. Source is Danny Fisher, the Fisher Annnuity Index, Dallas.
March 22, 2009
Graphic: signing onto stimulusImage of President Barak Obama signing stimulus package legislation, 2009.