Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
AXA proposes another variable annuity buyout offer
By Maria WoodFollowing the one it made to buy out VA owners of their death benefits, the insurer has proposed extending the offer to living benefits.
July 11, 2013
Detroit emergency officials meet with pension repsRepresentatives for the workers said they received no new information related to the plan being floated by the city's emergency manager.
July 11, 2013
Ill. gov. suspends lawmaker pay over pensionsGov. Pat Quinn vowed to not accept a salary himself until a deal has been reached.
July 11, 2013
Corporate pension funded status improves in JuneTwo months of bond sell-off activity, which drove interest rates higher, has resulted in a reduction in benefit obligations for the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.
July 10, 2013
Excuses, excusesWhy is the employer mandate less important than it was before it was delayed?
July 10, 2013
NY recovers $1.1B in life insuranceThe state said many insurance companies were not using lists of recent deaths from the Social Security Administration to determine whether a policyholder had died.
July 10, 2013
Roskam: PPACA communications 'ridiculous'One witness said state exchange builders have started to ignore contradictory HHS guidance.
July 10, 2013
Keeping up with the annuity ‘Joneses’Agents, FMOs and the annuity industry need to change their current herd mentality.