Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Bank Brokerage Programs Stumbled In 2005
By Andrew SingerSince the mid-1990s, when banks first reported retail investments income to the federal government, industry production could be characterized as "onward and upward." Almost each ...
March 03, 2006
NASD Fines Company Over Replacement SalesThe National Association of Securities Dealers has suspended a firm from participating in the variable life and variable annuities business for 30 days in connection ...
March 03, 2006
NASD Fines Company Over Replacement SalesThe National Association of Securities Dealers has suspended a firm from participating in the variable life and variable annuities business for 30 days in connection ...
March 02, 2006
Allstate Unit Expands Indexed Annuity FamilyLincoln Benefit Life Company is introducing the Saver's Index Annuity Plus and Saver's Index Annuity Premier contracts.Lincoln Benefit, a unit of Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., ...
March 02, 2006
Allstate Unit Expands Indexed Annuity FamilyLincoln Benefit Life Company is introducing the Saver's Index Annuity Plus and Saver's Index Annuity Premier contracts.Lincoln Benefit, a unit of Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., ...
March 01, 2006
On the air advocateKim Magdalein doesn't remember FDR's fireside radio chats, but some of the seniors who hear Magdalein's radio show just might. The 21-year industry veteran and principal at Magdalein Stratton and Associates Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla., runs a
March 01, 2006
Are your clients' annuities ready?If you take the time to look it up, the dictionary defines an annuity as "the annual payment of an allowance of income." Spin that into the broader world of the financial sphere, however, and you'll arrive at something Take that one step further
March 01, 2006
Instruments of mass communicationAdvisors are always on the lookout for ways to increase their visibility. The Yellow Pages, billboards, newspaper ads and radio spots are some of the standard ways. Technological advances have increased the options in the visibility stable, and the