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.
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May 19, 2022
5 Top Insurance Money ManagersFirms like BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are managing hundreds of billions of dollars of insurers' assets.
May 18, 2022
Good Financial Habits Built During Pandemic May Be Starting to Slip: Customer WhispererA Northwestern Mutual executive says survey results suggest that this might be an important time for advisors to speak up.
May 18, 2022
Social Security Official Asks House for More Customer Service FundingThe SSA call center and field office crisis affects Medicare administration as well as retirement income benefits.
May 17, 2022
5 Ways the Individual Retirement Planning Market Is Changing: Equitable ExecOne thing Steve Scanlon sees is a longer list of tools, designed to meet specific client needs.
May 16, 2022
Let the Guaranty Fund Genie Out of the BottleThe authors make the case for providing better disclosures about annuity benefits protections.
May 16, 2022
'Annuities' Hits Brick Wall; 'Guaranteed' Works: Michael FinkeThe Alliance for Lifetime Income held a summit to try to get people to warm up to annuitization.
May 13, 2022
Equitable Sees 'Rational' Registered Index-Linked Annuity PricingJackson talked about hedging mechanics. F&G gave a few more details about its looming spinoff.