Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Proposal Could Ease Variable Annuity Hedging Rules
By Allison BellThe NAIC staff says one provision conflicts with other accounting standards.
July 26, 2018
Nigerian Insurance Regulator Triples Capital RequirementA life insurer now needs $16.6 million to offer annuities or group life.
July 26, 2018
Ameriprise Execs Describe Ideal Annuity and LTCI SuitorsBoth types of buyers have to offer good returns. An LTCI buyer also has to offer contingency protections.
July 24, 2018
Goldman Says S&P 500 Firms Added $63 Billion to Defined-Benefit Pensions in 2017Companies added $63 billion last year, and they could add another $60 billion this year.
July 24, 2018
Insurers Need to Give Retirement Savers What They Want: Bill LoweHe has an idea for how to improve annuity sales: add more appealing annuities.
July 24, 2018
3 Ways U.S. Households' Life and Annuity Use Looks WeirdWhen economists look at what you do, and don't, sell, they get confused.
July 23, 2018
3 Annuities to Watch: Sammons, Athene, ManulifeSammons' new contract is a variable annuity with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit feature.
July 20, 2018
Wells Fargo Analysts See Big Refinance Risk in `Bad Boy Bonds'Life insurers hold many investment-grade bonds. This issue could affect their bonds.