Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Analysis: Rising Rates Save Annuity Writers From Spread Squeeze
By Staff WriterNU 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 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 ...
August 07, 2003
Profits Rise At Lincoln Despite Lower Annuity DepositsNU Online News Service, Aug. 7, 2003, 5:23 p.m. EDT -- Lincoln National Corp., Philadelphia, is reporting $143 million in net income for the ...
August 07, 2003
AEGON Holds Line On Annuity GuaranteesNU Online News Service, Aug. 7, 2003, 12:45 p.m. EDT -- Executives at AEGON N.V., The Hague, Netherlands, got tough on annuity buyers during ...
August 06, 2003
Protective Reports Higher Profits, Sharply Lower Fixed Annuity SalesNU Online News Service, Aug. 6, 2003, 5:08 p.m. EDT -- Protective Life Corp., Birmingham, Ala., has joined the long list of life insurers ...