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.
AIG pushes fixed annuity sales at banks to lofty heights
By Maria WoodFor the first time in nine quarters, fixed annuity sales outpaced variable products.
October 16, 2013
Selling ‘certainty’ is a noble professionFixed annuity salespeople should be proud of what they do.
September 04, 2013
Sales of fixed annuity products jump in Q2Propelled by an improved interest rate environment, Q2 fixed annuity sales posted sequential gains for the first time in two years.
September 04, 2013
Sales of fixed annuity products jump in Q2Propelled by an improved interest rate environment, Q2 fixed annuity sales posted sequential gains for the first time in two years.
August 06, 2013
Interest rates for bank depositors edge downAs of Aug. 5, the average APY on checking accounts was 0.11 percent, a 0.03 percent decline from the year-ago period.
August 06, 2013
Interest rates for bank depositors edge downAs of Aug. 5, the average APY on checking accounts was 0.11 percent, a 0.03 percent decline from the year-ago period.
July 26, 2013
Ameriprise 2Q profit up 44%Customers did drop annuities because of low interest rates; the firm's balance of fixed annuity accounts fell 4 percent to $13.5 billion.
July 26, 2013
Ameriprise 2Q profit up 44%Customers did drop annuities because of low interest rates; the firm's balance of fixed annuity accounts fell 4 percent to $13.5 billion.