Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Insurers Add VA Withdrawal Benefits
By Staff WriterPhoenix Companies Inc. and ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company are expanding their menus of retirement income options.[@@]Both companies have introduced new guaranteed ...
November 12, 2005
NASD Head Singles Out EIAs In SpeechA top official at the National Association of Securities Dealers says too many equity-indexed annuity sellers are portraying them as no-risk products.[@@]Robert Glauber, chairman ...
November 11, 2005
MassMutual Cuts VA Rider CostMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has cut the cost of a death benefit rider sold with 2 deferred variable annuities. [@@]The company lowered the ...
November 09, 2005
Trade Groups Return The FireThe National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies, Fairfax, Va., recently issued a position statement opposing what it says is the National Association of ...
November 09, 2005
Regulatory Pressure Could Impact Fied Inde Annuity DesignThe current year was not revolutionary on the index annuity product innovation front. Return of premium options were made available on a few new ...
November 09, 2005
Can The Inde Annuity Boom Continue?Equity-indexed annuities have been the hottest product in the annuity market for the last four years. Sales have grown from $6.5 billion in 2001 ...
November 09, 2005
Making The Case For Equity-Indeed Immediate AnnuitiesConcerns by insurance regulators, federal and state, regarding equity-indexed annuities certainly seem to have taken center stage over the past few months.These issues have ...
November 09, 2005
Why The 3Q Decrease In Inde Annuity Sales?In the first 9 months of 2005, indexed annuities continued making impressive sales gains and claimed an increased share of overall fixed annuity sales ...