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.
Cheat Sheet: Basic Annuity Types and Facts Every Advisor Should Know
By Ginger SzalaAnnuities are a basic concept: A lump sum provides steady monthly payments. But then it gets complicated.
May 11, 2022
Life Insurers Look Fine: Swiss Re EconomistsAn insurer for insurers says the return of inflation could help a little.
May 11, 2022
Northwestern Mutual to Invest $5M in Local Financial InstitutionsThe mutual insurer hopes to help Black-owned businesses in its hometown.
May 10, 2022
Stock Market Volatility Is Not How Wall Street Hugs Annuity IssuersExecutives talk about their complicated feelings about market ups and downs.
May 10, 2022
Life Insurers Added Asset-Backed Securities in 2021But insurers continued to put much of their extra cash in ordinary corporate bonds.
May 09, 2022
S&P Puts Off Effort to Develop Tougher Life Insurer Grading SystemFederal and state regulators had raised antitrust concerns.
May 09, 2022
5 Annuity Bills in Congress NowThe Secure Act 2.0 isn't the only pending legislation that could affect annuities.
May 09, 2022
COVID-19 Deaths Cause More Than $700M in Q1 ClaimsCompanies like MetLife and RGA say mortality is still far over pre-pandemic levels.