Annuities
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Prudential Plans to Split Jackson Off Without an IPO
By Allison BellSteven Kandarian, MetLife's former CEO, will be Jackson Financial's chairman.
January 28, 2021
MassMutual Agrees to Pay $3.5 Billion for Great AmericanEarlier, MassMutual had made an unsuccessful attempt to join in a deal for American Equity.
January 27, 2021
Sammons Financial Agrees to Acquire Beacon Capital ManagementThe life insurer sees the deal as being an expansion of its offerings.
January 27, 2021
U.S. Individual Annuity Sales RiseRILA contracts and fixed-rate deferred annuities were the sales leaders.
January 27, 2021
Blackstone Entities Agree to Buy an Allstate Life UnitThe buyers expect to pay $2.8 billion for blocks of life and annuity business with $23 billion in reserves.
January 26, 2021
'Stan the Annuity Man': Why the 'Annuity Truth' Beats the Annuity Dream"I wish the annuity industry would just be brutally frank about these products," the straight-talking annuity advocate tells ThinkAdvisor.
January 26, 2021
Low Rates Hurt Corporate Pension Funding Ratio: Employer Plan WatchMilliman says public plan funded levels have improved, and pension buyout annuities are cheaper.
January 26, 2021
Ohio National, Broker-Dealer Drop Federal Court SuitIt's not clear how the action affects the parties' arbitration proceedings.