Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Moody's Survey Measures VA Hedging
By Staff WriterThe majority of variable annuity manufacturers are starting to use hedging programs to manage risks associated with benefits guarantees.Analysts at Moody's Investors Service, New York, ...
April 02, 2006
Using VAs To Create Retirement Income"The income planning side of variable annuities is going to be huge," predicts Laurence Greenberg, president of Jefferson National Life, Dallas.
April 02, 2006
Partial Annuitization: Benefits And BarriersIt is widely known that a very small proportion of nonqualified deferred annuity contract owners--variable and fixed--ever choose to "annuitize" in order to receive a ...
April 02, 2006
Partial Annuitization: Benefits And BarriersIt is widely known that a very small proportion of nonqualified deferred annuity contract owners--variable and fixed--ever choose to "annuitize" in order to receive a ...
April 02, 2006
Fraud Hearing Witnesses Talk About AnnuitiesAnnuities played a prominent role in the written testimony for a recent hearing on protecting seniors from investment fraud.The hearing as a whole, organized by ...
April 02, 2006
The Simplicity ExplosionI'm starting to get concerned that insurance companies are so intent on making variable annuities simple and transparent that soon the products will be all ...
April 02, 2006
Fraud Hearing Witnesses Talk About AnnuitiesAnnuities played a prominent role in the written testimony for a recent hearing on protecting seniors from investment fraud.The hearing as a whole, organized by ...
April 02, 2006
10 Ideas For Reshaping VAs1. Provide caregiver benefits. Principal already offers a "caregiver income benefit" on the fixed annuity in its Principal Income IRA, says Drew A. Denning, second ...