Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Panel Explores Why Some Advisors Won't Sell Annuities
By Trevor ThomasOne of the biggest issues for the VA industry right now is to expand its market, and the best way to do that may be ...
October 19, 2006
AmerUs Investors OK Aviva DealAn Iowa insurer's stockholders have blessed a proposed acquisition.Holders of 98% of the shares of AmerUs Group Company, Des Moines, Iowa, who voted on plans ...
October 19, 2006
Conseco Annuity Offers Free-Out OptionsA Midwestern insurer has come out with a savings product for consumers who are feeling indecisive.Conseco Insurance Company, a unit of Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind., ...
October 19, 2006
Conseco Annuity Offers Free-Out OptionsA Midwestern insurer has come out with a savings product for consumers who are feeling indecisive.Conseco Insurance Company, a unit of Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind., ...
October 19, 2006
Bank Sales Of Index Annuities SlumpBank sales of indexed annuities declined to $393 million in the second quarter, from an all-time high of $520 million in the second quarter of ...
October 17, 2006
IRS Proposes Annuity Exchange RegsThe Internal Revenue Service wants to change the tax treatment of trades of property for annuities.The proposed regulations, "Exchanges of Property for an Annuity," apply ...
October 17, 2006
IRS Proposes Annuity Exchange RegsThe Internal Revenue Service wants to change the tax treatment of trades of property for annuities.The proposed regulations, "Exchanges of Property for an Annuity," apply ...
October 15, 2006
Will The 'For Life' Concept In Annuities Last?The concept of offering annuities "for life" is getting a lot of buzz right now. But is the for life concept really for life? That is, is the use of annuities for lifetime income planning purposes here to stay?