Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Tougher VA Oversight May Boost Wirehouses
By Staff WriterEfforts by the National Association of Securities Dealers to regulate sales of variable annuities more tightly may favor wirehouses over other VA retailers.[@@]Andrew Kligerman, ...
October 19, 2005
Carrier Adds Indeed Annuities For Banks And AgentsJefferson Pilot Financial will be marketing a pair of new indexed annuity products through different channels.[@@]Jefferson Pilot, a unit of Jefferson-Pilot Corp., Greensboro, N.C., ...
October 19, 2005
Fairlane To Market Conseco AnnuitiesConseco Insurance Company has joined with Fairline Financial Corp., an annuity distributor, to develop 2 new flexible-premium indexed annuities.[@@]Conseco, a unit of Conseco Inc., ...
October 19, 2005
Sizing Up The Impaired Risk Annuity MarketThe impaired risk annuity continues to be a niche product, although the use of that product may be changing, according to interviews with National ...
October 19, 2005
Why An Immediate Annuity Should Be Part Of Your Clients PortfolioThe first wave of the enormous baby boomer generation is nearing retirement. Following the tenets of our industry, many boomers have invested for their ...
October 17, 2005
Site Lists EIA DetailsAdvantage Group Associates Inc. has set up a paid Web site for insurers, producers and others who are interested in equity indexed annuities and ...
October 17, 2005
Citigroup Leads Banks In Fund And Annuity FeesU.S. bank holding companies earned $9.5 billion in fees from mutual funds and annuities in the first half of 2005, up 6.4% from the ...
October 17, 2005
Insurer Adds Annuity Distributor (Corrected)The individual annuity distribution unit at Minnesota Mutual Companies Inc. has hired Christopher Owens to be manager of its internal sales desk.[@@]Owens, who be ...