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.
Funding Agreements Help Allstate Results
By Allison BellNU Online News Service, April 21, 2004, 5:33 p.m. EDT -- Sales of funding agreements helped The Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., improve its first-quarter ...
March 04, 2004
Variable Up, Fixed Down In 2003 Annuity SalesNU Online News Service, Mar. 4, 2004, 9:40 a.m. EST -- A recovering stock market boosted variable annuities sales in 2003 while falling interest ...
March 04, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Topped $50 Billion In 2003By Kenneth KehrerTotal bank sales of individual annuities (fixed and variable) inched up 2% to a new sales record of $50.1 billion in 2003.While fixed ...
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 ...