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-Sold Insurance Will Keep Evolving
By Keith DallByThe days of banks simply offering bank customers 30-, 60-, 90- and 180-day certificates of deposit (CDs) and one-, three- and five-year CDs are long ...
May 07, 2003
AmerUs Reports Higher 1st Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, May 7 2003, 12:07 p.m. EDT -- AmerUs Group Company, Des Moines, Iowa, is reporting $36 million in net income ...
April 29, 2003
Jefferson-Pilot Reports Lower 1st Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, April 29, 2003, 12:46 p.m. EDT -- Jefferson-Pilot Corp., Greensboro, N.C., is reporting $115 million in net income for the ...
April 20, 2003
Rocky Economy Thumps Annuity MarketByBaltimore "I believe were at the bottom and that well pull out of it in the third quarter."Those hopeful words about the U.S. economy gave ...
April 14, 2003
Banks Report Higher February Annuity SalesNU Online News Service, April 14, 2003, 3:45 p.m. EDT -- Bank sales of annuities increased to $3.5 billion in February, up from $3.4 ...
April 06, 2003
In A Switch, SERPS Are Being Funded With Fixed AnnuitiesIn A Switch, SERPS Are Being Funded With Fixed AnnuitiesBy Douglas I. FriedmanOne result of the stock markets volatility is that clients are now choosing ...
April 06, 2003
Fixed Index Annuity Sales Hit New Record Of $11.7 Billion in 2002Fixed Index Annuity Sales Hit New Record Of $11.7 Billion In 2002ByFixed index annuities continued on their record-setting sales track, producing $11.67 billion in sales ...
April 06, 2003
As Interest Rates Fall, Fixed Annuities Hit Highs And VA Fixed Accounts RiseBy Eric Sondergeld and Daniel Q. BeatriceWhen annuity sales declined in 2001, it was only the second time since 1985 that annual sales dropped from ...