Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
12 Insurers That Sold the Most Annuities in Q1
By Allison BellSales of individual annuities cooled after a hot 2024.
June 12, 2025
Variable Annuities Could Soon Be Hot Again: GoldmanProduct designers also like RILAs, but they're cool toward crypto annuities.
June 11, 2025
IRAs Could Soon Help Pay for Long-Term Care InsuranceLife insurers want the IRS to issue the regs they need to implement a Secure 2.0 provision.
June 11, 2025
Group Fears IRS Could Change the Time When Annuities Are TaxedThe Committee of Annuity Insurers has a bad feeling about an item on the agency's to-do list.
June 09, 2025
Analysts Peer Inside Minds of RILA OwnersThey found suprising behavior differences between RILA holders and those with other types of annuities.
June 06, 2025
This Annuity Feature Would Help Clients Manage a Health ShockThree economists have dreamed up a rider that would offer higher payouts when the client suffers a health catastrophe.
June 05, 2025
Political Uncertainty Hangs Over Life and Annuity Sector at S&P MeetingEverything has been going pretty well for the companies, except the world.
June 04, 2025
Variable Annuity vs. 60/40 Portfolio: Which Won Wade Pfau's Retirement Income Face-Off?Putting 30% of assets in a contract greatly increased the odds of success, but a hypothetical 95-year-old had problems.