Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Hancock Reports Higher 4th Quarter Net Income
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Feb. 7, 12:37 p.m. -- John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Boston, is reporting $113 million in net income for the ...
February 06, 2003
Allstate Reports Higher 4th Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 10:37 a.m. -- The Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., is reporting $447 million in net income for the fourth ...
February 02, 2003
Income Annuities Can Create Stability In A Sea Of Investment VolatilityByWould you advise your clients to swim across a river in which half of the swimmers who made the attempt drowned?Of course not. Yet many ...
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 ...