Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
BISA: Bank Rep Productivity Falls But VA Sales Soar
By Trevor ThomasNU Online News Service, Aug. 22, 2003, 3:53 p.m. EDT -- The stock market rebounded during the second quarter, but registered representatives at bank ...
August 19, 2003
Analysis: Rising Rates Save Annuity Writers From Spread SqueezeNU Online News Service, Aug. 19, 2003, 5:12 p.m. EDT -- The increase in U.S. long term interest rates that began in June should ...
August 14, 2003
Structured Settlement Annuity Revenue Rises To $3 BillionNU Online News Service, Aug. 14, 2003, 12:37 p.m. EDT -- The life insurance company members of the National Structured Settlements Trade Association, Washington, ...
August 13, 2003
Thrivent Reports Higher 1st Half Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Aug. 13, 2003, 11:38 a.m. EDT -- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Minneapolis, is reporting $73 million in net income for ...
August 10, 2003
Regulators Send Message To Sellers Of Securities: BewareRegulators Send Message To Sellers Of Securities: BewareSecurities regulators have continued to target practices used by broker-dealers to sell variable annuities and have started targeting ...
August 10, 2003
Consider Cash Flow Planning With Laddering And AnnuitiesConsider Cash Flow Planning With Laddering And AnnuitiesLets compare the classic retirement income cash flow planning technique--laddering of bank certificates of deposit (CDs)--with a modified ...
August 10, 2003
Model Law May Spark Equity Questions For All AnnuitiesByJohn Selden, a 17th century writer said, "Equity is a roguish thing."He was speaking about the English Chancery system of law by that name--not justice ...
August 10, 2003
The Buzz On Bonus Equity Index AnnuitiesThe Buzz On Bonus Equity Index AnnuitiesByAre bonus equity index annuities becoming the love-em-or-hate-em annuity products of 2003?Also called bonus index annuities or BIAs, the ...