Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
10 Worst States for Death-Rate Improvement
By Allison BellThis ranking could affect where life insurance gets cheaper, and where annuities get more expensive.
June 28, 2017
Hot Tax-Avoidance Plan Joins Millionaires, Hedge Funds, InsurersInvestors may have put $15 billion into insurance-dedicated funds inside life insurance policies and annuity contracts.
June 27, 2017
UPS to Freeze Pensions for 70,000 Workers to Reduce CostsThe plan has a $9.85 billion and is about 76% underfunded.
June 27, 2017
What the Senate Health Care Fight Means for AdvisorsWhether you sell health insurance, annuities or pork belly futures, this could hit you, too.
June 27, 2017
SEC Moving Forward on Fiduciary Rule, Clayton SaysThe SEC chairman tells Congress that he will coordinate the agencys fiduciary rule with Labors version.
June 27, 2017
Reinsurance Tax Could Raise Life and Annuity Costs 3.3%: AnalystsA border adjustment tax system, which has been floated to help fund the construction of a wall along the Mexican border, could hit international reinsurance.
June 26, 2017
Stop Fooling Yourself About 8% Easy ReturnsToo many retirement savers are counting on gains over 9%.
June 26, 2017
State Pensions’ Shortfall Grew in Fiscal 2016Over the 10-year period ending in 2016, state pensions rotated out of U.S. equities into other growth assets, Wilshire Consulting reported.