Annuities
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NASD Pushing New Oversight Requirements For Variable Annuities
By Steven BrostoffNASD Pushing New Oversight Requirements For Variable AnnuitiesByWashingtonDeferred variable annuities would come under a new set of suitability, disclosure and principal review requirements under a ...
April 29, 2004
MetLife To Sell Income Annuities Through WorksiteNU Online News Service, April 29, 2004, 12:43 p.m. EDT -- MetLife Inc., New York, has introduced a deferred income annuity aimed at the ...
April 29, 2004
03 EIA Sales Growth Should Continue In 04Equity-indexed annuities credit an interest rate linked to an equity index, usually the S&P 500. They also provide downside protection in the form of a ...
April 29, 2004
The Direction For Index Annuities Early In 2004? UpThe Direction For Index Annuities Early In 2004? UpByFor one-year periods ending since mid-January 2004, the index annuity yield-to-buyer generally capped out for products using ...
April 27, 2004
NASD Wants Tougher VA Sales RulesNU Online News Service, April 27, 2004,12:00 p.m ? The National Association of Securities Dealers has proposed a new rule that would impose stricter ...
April 26, 2004
Conning: VAs Return To ProfitabilityNU Online News Service, April 26, 2004, 5:34 p.m. EDT -- Variable annuities returned to profitability in 2003.[@@]Preliminary figures from Conning Research & Consulting, ...
April 26, 2004
American Equity Widens Annuity Investment SpreadsNU Online News Service, April 26, 2004, 1:44 p.m. EDT -- Annuity investment spreads were wider at American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, West ...
April 22, 2004
China, Fixed Annuities Add To AIG ProfitsNU Online News Service, April 22, 2004, 1:58 p.m. EDT -- Improving fixed annuity profits helped first-quarter profits at American International Group Inc., New ...