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 Insurers' Response To Current Stress: Lemons To Lemonade
By Noel AbkemeierIn the last 10 months, many external forces have imposed stress on the annuity world. The responses taken by insurers may suggest a direction for ...
September 01, 2006
Making the case for fixed annuity safetyA few issues ago, I wrote about a quartet of failed banks and annuity carriers where, when all was said and done, every one of the annuity and bank customers was fully covered and didn't lose a penny, regardless of account balances. Let's take a
August 31, 2006
Making the case for fixed annuity safetyA few issues ago, I wrote about a quartet of failed banks and annuity carriers where, when all was said and done, every one of the annuity and bank customers was fully covered and didn't lose a penny, regardless of account balances. Let's take a
August 30, 2006
Low Rates Hurt Fixed Annuity VolumeU.S. fixed annuity sales fell to $17.9 billion in the second quarter, down 14% from the total for the second quarter of 2005.Sales of indexed ...
August 30, 2006
Low Rates Hurt Fixed Annuity VolumeU.S. fixed annuity sales fell to $17.9 billion in the second quarter, down 14% from the total for the second quarter of 2005.Sales of indexed ...
August 15, 2006
Bank Annuity Sales Surge In MayBank annuity sales increased to $4.9 billion in May, up 36% from the total for May 2005.Variable annuity sales in banks rose 60%, to $2.4 ...
August 15, 2006
Bank Annuity Sales Surge In MayBank annuity sales increased to $4.9 billion in May, up 36% from the total for May 2005.Variable annuity sales in banks rose 60%, to $2.4 ...
August 01, 2006
A consumer behavior primerA consumer behavior primerI spent a few days reviewing consumer behavior research conducted by Baba Shiv, an associate professor at Stanford, and discovered several findings that could apply to the annuity world.