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Individual U.S. Annuity Sales Climbed 8% In 2007
By Joseph MontminyIndividual annuity sales in the U.S. reached $257 billion in 2007, according to LIMRA International's year-end data.This 8% increase over 2006 largely resulted from record-setting ...
March 19, 2008
Show Me State Licenses Life Re CaptiveMissouri has granted the state's first license for a special purpose life reinsurance captive to RGA Reinsurance Company.Executives at RGA Re, Chesterfield, Mo., a unit ...
March 19, 2008
Quiz question: Tax treatmentWhat is the tax treatment on guaranteed lifetime withdrawals or other partial withdrawals and loans made against a variable annuity?
March 19, 2008
NAVA: Net VA Sales RiseNet flows of cash into variable annuities rose to $8.9 billion during the fourth quarter of 2007, up from $5.2 billion in the fourth quarter ...
March 19, 2008
NAVA: Net VA Sales RiseNet flows of cash into variable annuities rose to $8.9 billion during the fourth quarter of 2007, up from $5.2 billion in the fourth quarter ...
March 18, 2008
Show Me State Licenses Life Re CaptiveMissouri has granted the state's first license for a special purpose life reinsurance captive to RGA Reinsurance Company.Executives at RGA Re, Chesterfield, Mo., a unit ...
March 18, 2008
Quiz question: Tax treatmentWhat is the tax treatment on guaranteed lifetime withdrawals or other partial withdrawals and loans made against a variable annuity?
March 18, 2008
FINRA Organizes VA TeleconferenceThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority will hold a free phone-in workshop on the rules governing sales of deferred variable annuities 2 p.m. April 18.Workshop leaders ...