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.
Disability Insurance — Because Life Happens
By Brian SteinerEvery month should be Disability Insurance Awareness Month.
June 20, 2024
MOVEit Cyberattack Suits Could Get a FrameworkThe data security breach affected more than 26 million users' life insurance, annuities and retirement savings programs.
June 13, 2024
How Likely Is That Annuity to Stick?Researchers took a hard look at the business that left. Some years are bad.
June 12, 2024
5 Questions: Vanguard's New Report on Annuities in Retirement PlansAdding an income option to a target-date fund sounds great, but will it work?
June 07, 2024
Athene's Chairman Sees Some Froth in Individual Annuity MarketOverall, though, he believes the current level of competition makes sense.
May 28, 2024
3 Big Gaps in the DOL's Case for Its New Fiduciary RegsEven with the best data the department can find, many of the potential benefits or harms are unknowable.
May 24, 2024
9 Groups File New Suit Challenging DOL Fiduciary Rule RegsThe ACLI, IRI and other plaintiffs have accused officials of failing to analyze the changes' potential impact properly.
May 21, 2024
Louisiana Moves to Adopt NAIC's Annuity Suitability UpdateOne question is what adoption will mean in light of the new DOL fiduciary rule requirements.