Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Rating Agency Pans DAC Assumptions
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Jan. 6, 3:33 p.m. -- U.S. insurers may be using overly optimistic assumptions about variable annuities in financial statements developed ...
February 02, 2003
Picking The Safest Annuity: The Advisor's New TaskPicking The Safest Annuity: The Advisors New TaskByThe headline of this article sums up a growing issue for annuity salespeople: How to respond to client ...
February 02, 2003
Whats In The Way Of Expanded Income Annuity Sales?Whats In The Way Of Expanded Income Annuity Sales?By Timothy C. PfeiferStand-alone payout annuities are showing evolutionary growth. Also called immediate annuities and income annuities, ...
January 30, 2003
Hartford Increases VA SalesNU Online News Service, Jan. 30, 1:07 p.m. -- Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, says it increased sales of variable annuities 15% in ...
January 27, 2003
Analyst: Bush Plan Would Hurt Annuity SalesNU Online News Service, Jan. 27, 10:22 a.m. -- President George W. Bush's proposal to eliminate the tax on stock dividends would devastate life ...
January 26, 2003
Bank Reps Still Most Comfortable With Fixed Annuities, Study FindsByFixed annuities remain the vanguard of bank insurance programs, a recent study sponsored by Independent Financial Marketing Group, Purchase, N.Y., found. All of the banks ...
January 22, 2003
AnnuityNet Handles 165,000 TransactionsNU Online News Service, Jan. 22, 9:41 a.m. -- AnnuityNet Inc., Herndon, Va., says it processed about 165,000 annuity transactions in 2002.The transactions included ...
January 21, 2003
Citigroup Reports Lower 4th Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Jan. 21, 12:41 p.m. -- Citigroup Inc., New York, is reporting $2.4 billion in net income for the fourth quarter ...