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.
Evensky: Fee-Only Advisors Face Annuity Dilemma
By Nick ThorntonFee-only pioneer Harold Evensky says fiduciary advisors will be obliged to recommend annuities even if it means they won't get paid on those assets.
July 22, 2015
Fixed indexed annuity sales displacing some VA products at BDsFIA sales account for 10 percent of broker-dealers total annuity sales.
July 22, 2015
Fixed indexed annuity sales displacing some VA products at BDsFIA sales account for 10 percent of broker-dealers total annuity sales.
July 20, 2015
Fixed Indexed Annuity Sales Displacing Some VA Products at BDsAlthough VA sales far outpace total annuity sales for broker-dealers, fixed indexed annuities account for 10% of BDs total annuity sales, IRI reports.
June 19, 2015
4 myths Dave Ramsey is spreading about fixed annuities (and how to overcome them)When did it become acceptable to blame the tool rather than the carpenter for a job poorly done?
June 19, 2015
4 myths Dave Ramsey is spreading about fixed annuities (and how to overcome them)When did it become acceptable to blame the tool rather than the carpenter for a job poorly done?
June 18, 2015
NAFA: Emotional stories make an impact with CongressA Congressman said that the real connection is made in the same manner that insurance agents meet with their clients, by building trust.
June 18, 2015
Annuity sales in banks fell 10 percent in first quarterSales of variable annuities in the bank channel grew 5%, but the increase was not enough to compensate for the bank channels drop in fixed annuity sales.