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.
Regulatory Advocacy Award
By thinkadvisorNational 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 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.
June 19, 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.
June 02, 2011
Beacon Confirms 6% Increase in Fixed Annuity SalesU.S. sales of individual fixed annuities rose to about $19 billion in the first quarter, up 6% from the total for the first quarter of 2010.
June 02, 2011
Fixed Annuity Sales Up for First Time in Two YearsData released by Beacon Research found fixed annuity sales are finally turning around.
June 01, 2011
Beacon Confirms 6% Increase in Fixed Annuity SalesU.S. sales of individual fixed annuities rose to about $19 billion in the first quarter, up 6% from the total for the first quarter of 2010.
May 01, 2011
What not to say when selling fixed annuitiesIn selling fixed annuities, as with any financial product, the messages you convey in advertising and personal conversation are crucial.