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.
Final Senate Finance Bill Text Keeps Narrow LTCI Tax Break Provision
By Allison BellThe provision could affect clients who use retirement plan assets to pay the premiums.
September 06, 2022
Clients Need Help With the Bad Days, Too: Allianz Life's Corey WaltherThe president of Allianz Life Financial Services says talking about accumulating assets is not enough.
September 06, 2022
Actuarial Group Posts Individual Annuity GuideOne goal is to help policymakers see where registered index-linked annuities fit in.
September 02, 2022
U.S. Death Rate Expected to Remain High: AnalystsAnalysts think mortality rates will normalize by 2030, and could even be lower than expected for individual annuity holders.
September 01, 2022
COVID-19 Could Cut Future U.S. Death Rate: ResearchersBut the team, which includes Alicia Munnell, says any effect on the Social Security trust fund is likely to be small.
August 31, 2022
U.S. Life Expectancy Fell Another 1.2 Years in 2021Life expectancy has dropped a total of 2.7 years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
August 31, 2022
Higher Rates Fuel Q2 Multi-Year Guaranteed Annuity Sales: WinkClients who wanted variable annuities tilted toward index-linked products.
August 31, 2022
Moshe Milevsky to Debut a Tontine for 21st Century Retirement PortfoliosIt's structured as a typical mutual fund, but investors can never exit, the professor explains to ThinkAdvisor.