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.
Rocky Economy Thumps Annuity Market
By Linda KocoByBaltimore "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 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 ...
April 06, 2003
Safety Of FAs A Comfort To BanksByAlthough the rush to the safety of fixed annuities continued among bank customers last year, a burst of new variable annuity products from manufacturers also ...
April 03, 2003
Blue Frog To Help Beacon With XML StandardsNU Online News Service, April 3, 2003, 12:29 p.m. EST -- Beacon Research Inc., Evanston, Ill., has picked Blue Frog Solutions Inc., Pompano Beach, ...
March 28, 2003
Kehrer: Banks Report Higher January VA SalesNU Online News Service, March 28, 2003, 4:43 p.m. EST -- U.S. banks generated $3.6 billion in annuity sales in January, down 5% from ...
March 19, 2003
Bank Broker-Dealers Report Drab 4th Quarter SalesNU Online News Service, March 19, 2003, 3:33 p.m. EST -- Bank broker-dealers reported soft sales for the fourth quarter of 2002, according to ...
February 13, 2003
Bank Annuity Sales Flat in DecemberNU Online News Service, Feb. 13, 3:55 p.m. -- Annuity sales in banks continued to slump in December, reports Kenneth Kehrer Associates, Princeton, N.J., ...