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.
Competition for fixed annuities
By Joseph FinoraIn addition to competition from variable products, fixed annuities are also facing competition from other areas such as target-date or life-cycle funds which offer saving features while automatically providing asset allocation and rebalancing based
May 19, 2008
Bank Annuity Sales SurgeAn increase in fixed annuity volume helped banks increase sales of annuities to $4.7 billion in February, up 68% from the February 2007 total.Sales of ...
May 19, 2008
Bank Annuity Sales SurgeAn increase in fixed annuity volume helped banks increase sales of annuities to $4.7 billion in February, up 68% from the February 2007 total.Sales of ...
May 15, 2008
Safety first: Fixed annuities provide conservative income - Part IIFixed annuities can offer an income stream guaranteed never to end or decrease for a customer's life. Client's can receive a predetermined income for the rest of their life or a selected time period with tax-deferred compounding. Fixed
May 15, 2008
Cerulli: Annuity Assets Will Keep GrowingTotal U.S. annuity assets will grow to $2.9 trillion by 2012, expanding by about 7.9% per year, according to Cerulli Associates.Demographic trends and an interest ...
May 15, 2008
Cerulli: Annuity Assets Will Keep GrowingTotal U.S. annuity assets will grow to $2.9 trillion by 2012, expanding by about 7.9% per year, according to Cerulli Associates.Demographic trends and an interest ...
May 14, 2008
Safety first: Fixed annuities provide conservative income - Part IIFixed annuities can offer an income stream guaranteed never to end or decrease for a customer's life. Client's can receive a predetermined income for the rest of their life or a selected time period with tax-deferred compounding. Fixed
May 07, 2008
Safety first: Fixed annuities provide conservative income - part IFixed annuities have been designed to provide a conservative way to grow one's retirement savings. This has basically been done with a principal guaranteed by the provider's financial strength. Other common features include such items as