Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
What You Should Know About Using Fixed Annuities For Retirement Income
By Jeremy AlexanderWhat You Should Know About Using Fixed Annuities For Retirement IncomeByFixed deferred annuities often are used in the accumulation phase of a financial plan. They ...
August 27, 2004
Fight Is Brewing Over Tax Breaks for AnnuitiesIntroducing the monthly Retirement Advisor newsletter
August 20, 2004
Bank Investment Transaction Sizes SoarBanks are reporting a big increase in average investment product transaction sizes for 2003.[@@]Average transaction sizes increased for almost every investment product category except ...
August 11, 2004
ACLI Tells NASD: Jettison Proposed Rule On VA SalesACLI Tells NASD: Jettison Proposed Rule On VA SalesA number of financial services industry trade groups are telling the National Association of Securities Dealers that ...
August 04, 2004
Pushing The EnvelopeByTwenty plus years ago, an enterprising agent developed a marketing concept he called "Premium Offset Plan." The idea called for a policyholder to pay the ...
August 04, 2004
Expense Cuts Improve AmerUs 2Q ProfitsNU Online News Service, Aug. 4, 2004, 4:23 p.m. EDTSteady sales of equity indexed annuities and efforts to cut operating expenses helped AmerUs Group ...
August 02, 2004
Analyst: Competition Squeezes Midsize VA IssuersThe competition to offer rich new variable annuity guarantees might be forcing some midsize U.S. VA players off the field.[@@]Andrew Henckler, an analyst at ...
August 01, 2004
On the CaseThank you, thank you, thank you for your great cover story, "Power of Attorney" (July 2004), about a law firm that also provides tax, financial...