Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Variable Annuities Are For RetirementReally
By Norse N. Blazzard, Judith A. HasenauerDeferred variable annuities get a lot of bad press in the popular media. Virtually every financial publication has, at one time or another, run negative ...
September 29, 2004
NAVA: Downturn Proved Value Of VA GuaranteesNU Online News Service, Sept. 29, 2004, 5:39 p.m. EDTThe National Association for Variable Annuities, Reston, Va., says variable annuities proved their worth during ...
September 20, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales DropBank sales of annuities dropped to $3.9 billion in July, from $4.1 billion in July 2003.[@@]Kenneth Kehrer Associates, Princeton, N.J., has published those statistics ...
September 15, 2004
Premium Bucket Nonforfeiture Approach Moves AheadPremium Bucket Nonforfeiture Approach Moves AheadByAnchorage, AlaskaRegulators charged with developing a regulation addressing nonforfeiture for individual deferred annuities decided to allow a premium bucket approach ...
September 10, 2004
IPipeline Updates AnnuityTrac SystemNU Online News Service, Sept. 10, 2004, 4:12 p.m. EDTInternet Pipeline Inc., Exton, Pa., has introduced AnnuityTrac 2.0, a Web-based annuity information system.[@@]Advisors who ...
September 08, 2004
Go top of page 10 with Nonqualified Annuities kickerLearning The Ropes Of Family Business SuccessionByIf you market to high-net-worth clients, then you undoubtedly find yourself involved with closely held business owners. I find ...
September 08, 2004
Go top of page 10 with Nonqualified Annuities kickerHow to Value a Key Person Among the many methods a business can use to value key employees, 4 of the more common ones are ...
September 08, 2004
2nd Quarter Index Annuity Sales At $5.3 BillionByIndex annuity sales hit yet another record in the 2nd quarter of 2004, reaching nearly $5.3 billion, according to Advantage Compendium, a St. Louis, Mo., ...