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.
Ask the Expert: Consolidate these fixed annuities?
By Staff WriterI have a new client, age 58, who owns 5 deferred fixed annuities, non-qualified, purchased in different years. Some have small account values.
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
August 31, 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 28, 2008
NAFA Says Nix SEC Rule 151AThe National Association of Fixed Annuities (NAFA) recently took a firm stand against the Security & Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed Rule 151A, which would regulate index annuities as securities rather than as insurance products.