Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
CNO hopes to improve Bankers Life agent retention
By Allison BellThe company reported lower protection product sales but higher annuity sales.
February 07, 2017
Illinois faces further downgrades if budget deal not reachedThe state owes about $130 billion to its workers' pension plans.
February 07, 2017
Trump’s Dodd-Frank do-over diverted to slow lane with ACASome Republicans want to shoehorn changes into a budget reconciliation bill.
February 07, 2017
Matt Levine on the president's financial regulation roll backThe main objection to the Labor Department's fiduciary rule is it might push people who would otherwise get bad retirement advice to instead get no retirement advice. That objection is hard to say with a straight face.
February 06, 2017
Three life insurers report fourth-quarter profitsAmeriprise, Lincoln Financial and Fidelity & Guaranty Life all posted lower annuity sales.
February 06, 2017
Three life insurers report fourth-quarter profitsAmeriprise, Lincoln Financial and Fidelity & Guaranty Life all posted lower annuity sales.
February 06, 2017
Details emerge on Trump's fiduciary rule directiveHere's a closer look at President Donald Trump's executive order directing the Labor Department to undertake an assessment of its fiduciary rule.
February 06, 2017
Dodd-Frank’s tentacles go deep, won’t be easily cutIt took seven years to put in place the regulatory structures imposed on Wall Street after the financial crisis. They wont be removed fast or easily.