Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
West Coast Company Rolls Out 4 Annuities
By Staff WriterNorth Coast Life Insurance Company has introduced several new fixed annuity contracts.North Coast Life, Spokane, Wash., has started selling the Flexible Premium Deferred Annuity, the ...
June 18, 2006
Task Force Exposes Draft Of Annuity Reserving GuidelinesAn arm of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is moving ahead with efforts to develop new reserving rules for issuers of variable annuities.Members of ...
June 14, 2006
Lifetime of income essential to planning processSunAmerica announced a new enhancement to the MarketLock living benefit feature: the option for lifetime income. The enhanced MarketLock is available on the company's Polaris and Seasons variable annuities, and can help ensure that investors will
June 13, 2006
Lifetime of income essential to planning processSunAmerica announced a new enhancement to the MarketLock living benefit feature: the option for lifetime income. The enhanced MarketLock is available on the company's Polaris and Seasons variable annuities, and can help ensure that investors will
June 13, 2006
Three Carriers Launch Annuity Living Benefit RidersThree life insurers announced living benefit riders for some of their annuities.MetLife, New York, is making a lifetime withdrawal guarantee rider available for most of ...
June 13, 2006
Three Carriers Launch Annuity Living Benefit RidersThree life insurers announced living benefit riders for some of their annuities.MetLife, New York, is making a lifetime withdrawal guarantee rider available for most of ...
June 12, 2006
Banks' Annuity Sales Jump In MarchStrong sales of variable annuities helped push March annuity sales in banks and savings institutions to a 12% increase over a year earlier.Financial institutions sold ...
June 11, 2006
Fixed Annuity 1Q Sales Up 3% Over Previous QuarterU.S. fixed annuities sales reached $17.3 billion in the first quarter of 2006, with March showing the highest sales, according to the latest Beacon Research ...