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.
NAFA Drops Appeal Against DOL Fiduciary Rule
By Melanie WaddellThe recent 5th Circuit decision vacating the rule renders NAFA's case moot, the group says.
October 17, 2017
‘Stan the Annuity Man’ Is Livid About Fixed Indexed AnnuitiesStan Haithcock tells ThinkAdvisor why the industry is outraged at him and why fee-based indexed annuities are the biggest joke of all time.
October 03, 2017
3 Ways Fixed Annuities Can Outperform Bond Mutual FundsSome flavors of 'plain vanilla' may be better, for some clients, than others.
September 21, 2017
New Group Lobbies DOL on Fixed Indexed Annuities’ Treatment Under Fiduciary RuleFixed Annuity Consumer Choice Campaign wants fixed indexed annuities taken out of BICE.
August 23, 2017
Annuity Sales May Be Starting to Firm Up: WinkNon-variable product volume fell again in the second quarter, but more gently than in the first quarter.
June 20, 2017
Great American Parent Explains Annuity Unit to Wall StreetAmerican Financial Group executives pointed out that its Great American unit earned $368 million in 2016.
June 06, 2017
Q1 Annuity Sales Fell 18%: IRIIn spite of the sales slump, variable annuity net assets increased 3.5%.
May 26, 2017
Why Do the Pundits Hate Fixed Annuities?Sure, haters gonna hate, hate, hate. How do you play ball?