Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Grow your business with ethics-driven marketing (part I)
By Steven McCartyEthics-driven marketing is the practice of using your good ethics to grow your business. It involves defining and documenting your personal ethical beliefs, evaluating your business practices against those beliefs (and fixing them if needed) and
August 01, 2006
Living Benefit Rider Links To ETF Portfolio (CORRECTED)Integrity Life Insurance Company has introduced the Guaranteed Return Plus guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit.The rider is now available with Integrity's AnnuiChoice and PINNACLE variable annuities, ...
July 31, 2006
A consumer behavior primerA consumer behavior primerI spent a few days reviewing consumer behavior research conducted by Baba Shiv, an associate professor at Stanford, and discovered several findings that could apply to the annuity world.
July 31, 2006
Essential Guide to Selling Annuities 2006Top-notch annuity salespeople must know their products, but that's not all. They should have an eye on trends. They should be concerned with ethics. And they should always be on the lookout for sales tips and ways to beat objections. We've provided
July 31, 2006
Building family connectionsAs the president of Battaglia Tax Advisory Group Inc. in Largo, Fla., Brenda Battaglia is busy. Really busy. When she's not calling on her clients, she's working with her staff to cook up new ways technology can work for her - and her clients. "I'm
July 24, 2006
Annuity Option Ties Income Hike To Rates In Year 5New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corp. has introduced the Income Enhancement Option feature.NYLIAC, a unit of New York Life Insurance Company, New York, says ...
July 24, 2006
Annuity Option Ties Income Hike To Rates In Year 5New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corp. has introduced the Income Enhancement Option feature.NYLIAC, a unit of New York Life Insurance Company, New York, says ...
July 20, 2006
FA Deposits Soar At AllstateA decision to sell certain securities and a charge related to the sale of variable annuities nipped financial unit results at the Allstate Corp. during ...