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.
Bank Annuity Sales Improve
By Staff WriterDespite a strong showing by variable products, annuity sales in banks fell 16% between November 2004 and November 2005.Volume dropped to $3 billion, from $3.6 ...
January 26, 2006
NPH Beefs Up Annuity Sales SystemNational Planning Holdings Inc. has added point-of-sale fixed annuity selection software from Beacon Research Inc. to the Web sites of several broker-dealer units.NPH, Santa Monica, ...
January 26, 2006
NPH Beefs Up Annuity Sales SystemNational Planning Holdings Inc. has added point-of-sale fixed annuity selection software from Beacon Research Inc. to the Web sites of several broker-dealer units.NPH, Santa Monica, ...
January 03, 2006
Bank Annuity Sales Slump 25%Sales of annuities in banks are continuing to fall as a result of weakness in demand for fixed annuities.Total bank annuity sales fell to $2.8 ...
January 03, 2006
Bank Annuity Sales Slump 25%Sales of annuities in banks are continuing to fall as a result of weakness in demand for fixed annuities.Total bank annuity sales fell to $2.8 ...
January 01, 2006
The bonfire of the equitiesThe question of whether equity-indexed annuities should be classified as a fixed or variable product was headed for resolution last summer. The NASD in August announced it would issue guidance on the controversial issue, and members anxiously
December 31, 2005
The bonfire of the equitiesThe question of whether equity-indexed annuities should be classified as a fixed or variable product was headed for resolution last summer. The NASD in August announced it would issue guidance on the controversial issue, and members anxiously
December 14, 2005
Bank VA Sales Overtake Bank FA SalesIn September, for the first time in 5 years, bank and savings institution sales of variable annuities exceeded sales of fixed annuities.[@@]Bank sales of ...