Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Oregon Shares In VA Echange Settlement
By Trevor ThomasThe Oregon Division of Insurance has signed on to a national variable annuity settlement agreement involving Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.[@@]Waddell & Reed, Overland ...
August 11, 2005
Ohio Firm To Review Guardian VA Fund MenuA unit of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has hired Fairway Wealth Management L.L.C. to help employer clients make sense of retirement plan ...
August 10, 2005
6-Month Fied Annuity Sales Total $41.7 BillionReflecting the impact of strong equity indexed annuity sales, fixed annuity sales for the first half of 2005 totaled $41.7 billion. This is up ...
August 10, 2005
Product Envy Lurks Behind The NASD Notice On EIAsSecurities broker-dealers are losing revenue in the outflow of funds to EIAsIf ever there were an industry whose very name is the antithesis of ...
August 10, 2005
2nd Quarter Variable Annuity Sales Rose 5.8% Over 1st QuarterVariable annuity new sales were $33.2 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2005, a 5.8% increase over 1st quarter sales of $31.1 billion and ...
August 10, 2005
Array Of Income Solutions Is GrowingThe search for sound income-oriented products that consumers at or near retirement age find useful and affordable continues with no signs of abating, yet ...
August 09, 2005
Old Mutual Unit Unveils Equity-Indeed UL PolicyFidelity and Guaranty Life Insurance Company has introduced a life insurance policy aimed at consumers who want some ability to participate in stock market ...
August 08, 2005
NASD Asks EIA Sellers To Police Their RepsThe National Association of Securities Dealers has released a long-awaited discussion about when securities dealers should treat equity indexed annuities as securities rather than ...