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.
Fixed Annuities On Track For A Record-Setting 2008
By Jeremy AlexanderEstimated fixed annuity sales of $24.6 billion set a 5-year record in the second quarter of 2008. The third quarter results should be strong as ...
September 04, 2008
LIMRA: Annuity Sales RiseU.S. individual annuity sales increased 4% in the second quarter, to $68 billion.Researchers at LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn., have reported that estimate in a summary ...
September 04, 2008
LIMRA: Annuity Sales RiseU.S. individual annuity sales increased 4% in the second quarter, to $68 billion.Researchers at LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn., have reported that estimate in a summary ...
September 01, 2008
No need to defend the bad applesBack in April, "Dateline NBC" aired a segment called "Tricks of the Trade," which exposed questionable sales practices that some agents and advisors have employed to sell equity indexed annuities and other products to
September 01, 2008
An alternative to immediate annui-cideI cannot tell you what the stock market will do tomorrow. But I can tell you if you are age 50 today and put $100,000 into any number of fixed annuities offering guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWBs), you will receive an annual lifetime
September 01, 2008
Finding the perfect fitThere is a curse that frequently gets quoted when things get chaotic: "May you live in interesting times." The first half of 2008 has certainly qualified as interesting for financial advisors and their clients. Oil prices are approaching
August 31, 2008
An alternative to immediate annui-cideI cannot tell you what the stock market will do tomorrow. But I can tell you if you are age 50 today and put $100,000 into any number of fixed annuities offering guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWBs), you will receive an annual lifetime
August 31, 2008
No need to defend the bad applesBack in April, "Dateline NBC" aired a segment called "Tricks of the Trade," which exposed questionable sales practices that some agents and advisors have employed to sell equity indexed annuities and other products to