Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Guardian Life and Swiss Re Go Shopping (for the Future)
By Allison BellOne goal is to do more with existing data. Another is to get something that works.
August 21, 2019
Accounting Group May Put Off Life Insurers' Benefits Value Rollercoaster RidesThe biggest life insurers will get one more year to prepare for the FASB Fury.
August 21, 2019
Non-Variable Annuity Sales Still Look Good: Survey ManagersIn the coming months, falling rates could change that.
August 20, 2019
5 Notes About the SEC's New Indexed Annuity BulletinOne key point is that even your regulators may be hazy about what exactly it is that you sell.
August 20, 2019
GE Responds to Markopolos LTCI Reinsurance Reserving CriticismsAn executive emphasizes that a reinsurer often shares risk with the direct writer.
August 20, 2019
Deferred Income Annuities: Loved by Economists, Ignored by InvestorsA Brookings paper explains how these products make longevity insurance relatively cheap and says new legislation could make them more popular.
August 19, 2019
IRS Posts Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Letter RulingThe case deals with a CLAT set up so that the annuity benefits term depends on the initial value of the trust assets.
August 19, 2019
Kansas Department Pans Markopolos Report on GEThe department says the Markopolos assessment of GE appears to be 'fairly simplistic.'