Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Maintain pension costs or transfer liabilities?
By Paula Aven GladychThe cost of purchasing annuities from an insurer as a way to pass off pension liabilities stayed about the same in January.
March 31, 2014
Walt Disney's secret to successFinding ways to give extra value in a business is a sure way to lock up clients for years to come.
March 31, 2014
Trends in income solutions within employer-sponsored retirement plansIn-plan guarantee solutions may have a more prominent place in the retirement plan industry in coming years.
March 31, 2014
Trends in income solutions within employer-sponsored retirement plansIn-plan guarantee solutions may have a more prominent place in the retirement plan industry in coming years.
March 31, 2014
Fed of 1970s shows capacity clues may misleadThe decision of central banks to focus more on economic slack as a barometer of when inflation will become a problem could backfire.
March 31, 2014
Iowa’s friendlier watchdogs lead insurer pack to Des MoinesSymetra Financial Corp. relocates to Iowa so it can find a "level playing field" to compete with other life insurance companies.
March 31, 2014
U.K. insurers decline as FCA plans probe into ‘zombie’ policiesU.K. insurers had another $4.2 billion wiped off their market value as regulators said they plan a probe into policies stretching back to the 1970s.
March 31, 2014
How to avoid the generation-skipping transfer taxThe Tax Facts experts answer questions about the generation-skipping transfer tax on payments of the proceeds of life insurance and annuity contracts.