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.
To Reach Senior Clients, Understand Their Mental Shortcuts
By Staff WriterTo Reach Senior Clients,Understand Their Mental ShortcutsBy Thomas BorchertIt seems that the older we get, the more we tend to use shortcuts. An old rhubarb ...
March 04, 2004
Utah Index Annuity Bill DerailedBy Linda KocoA Utah house bill involving index annuity sales met with strong insurance industry opposition recently and was subsequently tabled.Introduced by Rep. Merlynn T. ...
February 17, 2004
BISA Reports Big Drop In Bank Fixed Annuity SalesNU Online News Service, Feb. 17, 2004, 4:32 p.m. EST -- Bank broker-dealers ran into turbulence in the fourth quarter of 2003.[@@]The stock market ...
February 12, 2004
Fixed Annuity Sales May Pick Up In 2004ByYou might expect fixed annuity sales to have an inverse relationship with the S&P 500.That is often the case, but usually fixed sales are tied ...
February 12, 2004
New Annuity Designs Are Taking A Page From HistoryNew Annuity Designs Are Taking A Page From HistoryThe sentiment behind a well-known Broadway musical, "Everything Old is New Again," also could be applied to ...
February 11, 2004
Equity-Indexed Annuity Profits Help AmerUs ResultsNU Online News Service, Feb. 11, 2004, 12:05 p.m. EST -- Higher margins on equity-indexed annuities helped boost fourth-quarter 2003 profits at AmerUs Group ...
February 06, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Ride A RollercoasterNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EST -- Bank annuity sales were both up and down in December 2003.[@@]Combined bank sales ...
January 20, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Fall Again In NovemberNU Online News Service, Jan. 20, 2004, 3:49 p.m. EST -- Bank sales of annuities fell for the second straight month in November 2003.[@@]Bank ...