Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Scam Alert On Charitable Gift Annuities Was A False Alarm
By Staff Writer"Scam Alert" On Charitable Gift Annuities Was A False AlarmTo The Editor: In his Dec. 2 article, "Scam Alert on Some Charitable Gift Annuities," Chris ...
November 24, 2002
Full Disclosure's Variable And Variable Universal Life ReportFull Disclosures Variable And Variable Universal Life ReportFull Disclosure surveys leading variable and variable universal life upper market insurers twice a year. The charts in ...
November 20, 2002
Bank VA Sales Surge In SeptemberNU Online News Service, Nov. 20, 1:45 p.m. -- Despite the shakiness of the stock market, banks' sales of variable annuities staged a comeback ...
November 18, 2002
American Skandia Updates AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Nov. 18, 10:13 a.m. -- American Skandia Marketing Inc., Shelton, Conn., is eliminating the AS Impact variable annuity and replacing ...
November 17, 2002
Hartford VA Option 'Guarantees Principal With Upside Potential'Hartford VA Option Guarantees Principal With Upside PotentialByHartford Life, Simsbury, Conn., has debuted a feature for its variable annuities that the company says "guarantees principal ...
November 14, 2002
AXA Reports $270 Million In U.S. VA Guarantee ExposureNU Online News Service, Nov. 14, 9:47 a.m. -- The AXA Group, Paris, says its U.S.-based AXA Financial unit and a sister unit, AXA ...
November 13, 2002
BB&T To Market Two Nationwide AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Nov. 13, 3:03 p.m. -- Branch Banking and Trust Company, a unit of BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C., will be marketing ...
November 10, 2002
Bank Annuity Sales Declined 7% In AugustBank Annuity Sales Declined 7% In AugustByBank sales of fixed and variable annuities fell 7% in August to $4.1 billion, from Julys near-record $4.2 billion, ...