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.
Annuity business: Fire and ice
By David PortIndexed annuities are hot. Traditional fixed annuities are not.
December 21, 2010
2011 outlook on fixed index annuitiesAs you're wrapping up your 2010 sales and gearing up for the holidays, most of you are done for the year and already planning your strategy for 2011.
December 21, 2010
2011 outlook on fixed index annuitiesAs you're wrapping up your 2010 sales and gearing up for the holidays, most of you are done for the year and already planning your strategy for 2011.
December 06, 2010
2011 Annuity Market PredictionsWhat does 2011 hold for the annuity market? The fixed annuity industry's stunning victory over SEC Rule 151 this year has broad implications for next year.
December 05, 2010
2011 Annuity Market PredictionsWhat does 2011 hold for the annuity market? The fixed annuity industry's stunning victory over SEC Rule 151 this year has broad implications for next year.
November 23, 2010
Annuity sales up and downVariable annuity and indexed annuity sales rose in the third quarter of 2010 while fixed annuities sales went down. Here are the figures:
November 23, 2010
Beacon: Fixed Annuity Sales FallSales of U.S. fixed annuities were 12% lower in the third quarter than they were in the third quarter of 2009, according to Beacon Research Publications Inc.
November 23, 2010
Annuity sales up and downVariable annuity and indexed annuity sales rose in the third quarter of 2010 while fixed annuities sales went down. Here are the figures: