Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Ta Reform Panel Takes Aim At Insurers
By Matt BradyThe President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform has come up with proposals that could do everything from creating new annuity purchasing vehicles to ...
October 26, 2005
EIA Advocate Calls For Stand Against NASDThe insurance industry should stand up to efforts by the National Association of Securities Dealers to regulate equity-indexed annuities.[@@]Joan Boros, a partner at Jorden ...
October 26, 2005
NASD Head, In Speech, Singles Out EIAsA 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 ...
October 26, 2005
Inviva Unit Puts Commodity Funds In VA WrapperA life insurance unit of Inviva Inc. is adding 3 variable annuity investment options aimed at customers who want to build hedges against inflation ...
October 26, 2005
Blazzard Touts Variable Life As LTC Financing VehicleNorse Blazzard says producers should consider using variable universal life insurance as an alternative to long term care insurance.[@@]Blazzard, a principal at the law ...
October 26, 2005
ING Introduces Indeed AnnuitiesThe retail annuities arm at ING U.S. Financial Services is unveiling a family of ING Secure Index annuity contracts.[@@]The family includes the ING Secure ...
October 26, 2005
Software Tames Compleities Of Equity-Indeed AnnuitiesAutomation also addresses regulatory concernsAs the 10-year-old equity-indexed annuity industry has matured, it has grown both in complexity of products and product selection. It ...
October 25, 2005
EIA Sales Rise At AmerUsA flurry of special charges hit earnings at AmerUs Group Company in the third quarter.[@@]AmerUs, Des Moines, Iowa, is reporting $39 million in net ...