Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
NAIC Arm OKs Preferred Tables, AG 38
By Jim ConnollyA key panel of regulators has endorsed a multipart measure that could affect both issuers of universal life policies and insurers that use preferred mortality ...
August 30, 2006
Low Rates Hurt Fixed Annuity VolumeU.S. fixed annuity sales fell to $17.9 billion in the second quarter, down 14% from the total for the second quarter of 2005.Sales of indexed ...
August 20, 2006
Report Sees Promise In Substandard AnnuitiesJavaScriptU.S. insurers might be able to increase sales by developing more annuities for consumers with relatively short life expectancies.Researchers present that argument in a new ...
August 20, 2006
Report Sees Promise In Substandard AnnuitiesJavaScriptU.S. insurers might be able to increase sales by developing more annuities for consumers with relatively short life expectancies.Researchers present that argument in a new ...
August 20, 2006
CFOs Support Principle-Based Reserving, But Have ConcernsWhile 80% of CFOs in a new survey support the concept of principle-based reserving, fewer than 40% favor the way it is currently being defined ...
August 16, 2006
EIA Offers 4 Interest OptionsAmerican General Life Insurance Company is introducing the Emerging Edge equity indexed annuity.American General, Houston, a unit of American International Group Inc., New York, says ...
August 16, 2006
EIA Offers 4 Interest OptionsAmerican General Life Insurance Company is introducing the Emerging Edge equity indexed annuity.American General, Houston, a unit of American International Group Inc., New York, says ...
August 15, 2006
EIA Seller RestructuresA large player in the equity indexed annuity market says a recent EIA market shift will affect employment levels.Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, ...