Fixed Annuities
Fixed annuity news and analysis, with coverage of book value annuities, multi-year guaranteed annuity (MYGA) contracts, immediate annuities, deferred income annuities (including QLACs), and fixed indexed annuities.
ABIA: Bank Fixed Annuity Sales, BHC Fees Rise
By Staff WriterThe American Bankers Insurance Association has released two studies that show bank and bank holding company annuity sales were noticeably stronger in the first quarter than they were in the first quarter of 2010.
July 19, 2011
Fixed Annuities: The Whole PictureIf you could only see a portion of an artist's painting, would you be able to guess the story he or she was trying to tell?
July 19, 2011
Fixed Annuities: The Whole PictureIf you could only see a portion of an artist's painting, would you be able to guess the story he or she was trying to tell?
July 11, 2011
Regulatory Advocacy AwardNational Underwriter Life & Health would like to acknowledge Nick Gerhart as the winner of the Industry Elite Award for Regulatory Advocacy.
July 10, 2011
Regulatory Advocacy AwardNational Underwriter Life & Health would like to acknowledge Nick Gerhart as the winner of the Industry Elite Award for Regulatory Advocacy.
June 21, 2011
All products net good and bad press, but why?Clients often receive negative information about a given product. Help your clients remember: The motives of anyone bashing a particular financial vehicle are suspicious by definition.
June 21, 2011
All products net good and bad press, but why?Clients often receive negative information about a given product. Help your clients remember: The motives of anyone bashing a particular financial vehicle are suspicious by definition.
June 20, 2011
Lighting the FuseMarketing of equity indexed annuities continues to run into compliance headwinds despite a go-ahead from Congress and the courts as well as a commitment from the industry to clean up its act.