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.
New Group Lobbies DOL on Fixed Indexed Annuities’ Treatment Under Fiduciary Rule
By Melanie WaddellFixed Annuity Consumer Choice Campaign wants fixed indexed annuities taken out of BICE.
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?
April 05, 2017
Consider Fixed Annuities for Your Client’s Fixed-Income PortfolioFor the right clients, the author writes, fixed annuities may offer many advantages over bond funds
March 30, 2017
Q4 Annuity Sales Fell 18.4%: IRISales of fixed annuities dropped for the quarter but increased 11.1% for the year.
February 21, 2017
Fixed annuity sales hit record $117.4 billion in 2016After strong results in the first three quarters, fixed annuity sales fell 13 percent to $25.7 billion in the fourth quarter.
January 24, 2017
Fixed Indexed Annuities to Dominate 2017 Annuity MarketplaceWhile the exact future of the DOL fiduciary rule is hazy, many carriers are embracing fixed indexed annuities.
December 19, 2016
Global Atlantic Financial unifies annuity distributionThe company's new distribution organization aims to allow advisors to access a single point of contact for all of the company's products.