Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
AIG VALIC Offers Savings Program For Teachers
By Staff WriterAn American International Group Inc. subsidiary has developed a no-load mutual fund retirement savings product for the kindergarten-through-12th-grade: 403(b) plan market.AIG VALIC, Houston, a unit ...
September 30, 2007
Fixing your sights on the futureFor a product that once was about as plain vanilla as a financial instrument could get, the fixed annuity is proving to be surprisingly controversial. Utility isn't the issue; advisors continue to tout fixed deferred annuities, both the traditional
September 30, 2007
How to Protect Yourself From the Long Arm of ComplianceIn the early days of the insurance industry, before NASD Notice 05-50 was released on Aug. 8, 2005, things were radically different than they are today. Since then, the financial services world has changed dramatically. Compliance, once an issue
September 30, 2007
An annuity alternative for legacy planningFinancial advisors who work with individuals in the 50-plus crowd deal with it every day: people who fear their money will run out. Clients are growing more aware of planning missteps and becoming concerned with the threat of outliving their
September 27, 2007
IRS Cancels VA RulingThe Internal Revenue Service has decided to rescind recent advice it gave concerning variable annuity separate account reserve accounting.The IRS is suspending IRS Revenue Ruling ...
September 26, 2007
IRS Cancels VA RulingThe Internal Revenue Service has decided to rescind recent advice it gave concerning variable annuity separate account reserve accounting.The IRS is suspending IRS Revenue Ruling ...
September 26, 2007
ING Goes GreenAn international financial services company is trying to do its part to reduce air pollution.ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam, says it has agreed to offset U.S. ...
September 26, 2007
ING Goes GreenAn international financial services company is trying to do its part to reduce air pollution.ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam, says it has agreed to offset U.S. ...