Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Sun Life Adds Income Escalator To VA Line
By Staff WriterA large insurer is offering a new guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit with one of its variable annuity families.The Wellesley Hills, Mass., U.S. division of Sun ...
May 02, 2008
Raising growth capital in 2008 and beyondAfter over two decades of being an entrepreneur, and advising other entrepreneurs and growing companies, I have found one recurrent theme running through all of these businesses: Capital is the lifeblood of a growing business. In an environment
May 02, 2008
Ameriprise Unit Adds Target Risk OptionsRiverSource Life Insurance Company Inc. has introduced a set of investment funds designed for variable annuity and variable universal life insurance customers.The new Disciplined Asset ...
May 02, 2008
Ameriprise Unit Adds Target Risk OptionsRiverSource Life Insurance Company Inc. has introduced a set of investment funds designed for variable annuity and variable universal life insurance customers.The new Disciplined Asset ...
May 01, 2008
Throw away the spreadsheetHere are two math problems to solve (and yes, you may use a calculator).1. How would you compute the total interest paid on this loan? (You could also answer by providing the actual total interest paid.) Home equity loan: 14.25% annual
May 01, 2008
Retiree health costs balloonIn the seven years Fidelity Investments has issued an annual retiree health cost estimate, the number has risen by 41 percent, which is a 5.8 percent average annual increase. The latest estimate is a 4.7 percent increase over 2007, and it says a
May 01, 2008
A permanent spin on term lifeStrip a permanent life insurance policy such as universal life of its ability to accumulate cash value and what's left is a product that offers the policyholder a guaranteed death benefit to age 100, yet costs only slightly more than a term
May 01, 2008
Prominent in the product mixEven with relatively modest advances in product development over the years, term life insurance has managed to hang onto a substantial share of the life insurance market. Term life sales grew 5 percent in 2007, during which overall U.S. individual