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.
LIMRA Reports Higher Annuity Sales
By Staff WriterTotal U.S. sales of individual annuities climbed to $63 billion during the first quarter, up 9% from the total for the first quarter of 2007.Sales ...
May 30, 2008
Iowa Could Develop Fixed Annuity Illustration RulesHawkeye State regulators have issued temporary fixed annuity illustration guidelines and say permanent rules may be in the works.Iowa Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss has issued ...
May 23, 2008
Competition for fixed annuitiesIn addition to competition from variable products, fixed annuities are also facing competition from other areas such as target-date or life-cycle funds which offer saving features while automatically providing asset allocation and rebalancing based
May 22, 2008
Competition for fixed annuitiesIn addition to competition from variable products, fixed annuities are also facing competition from other areas such as target-date or life-cycle funds which offer saving features while automatically providing asset allocation and rebalancing based
May 21, 2008
Mitigating the longevity riskA fixed annuity can help fight what's becoming the greatest impediment to a successful retirement - increasing longevity. According to Drs. David Babbell and Craig Merrill of the Wharton Financial Institutions Center and co-authors of
May 20, 2008
Mitigating the longevity riskA fixed annuity can help fight what's becoming the greatest impediment to a successful retirement - increasing longevity. According to Drs. David Babbell and Craig Merrill of the Wharton Financial Institutions Center and co-authors of
May 19, 2008
Bank Annuity Sales SurgeAn increase in fixed annuity volume helped banks increase sales of annuities to $4.7 billion in February, up 68% from the February 2007 total.Sales of ...
May 19, 2008
Bank Annuity Sales SurgeAn increase in fixed annuity volume helped banks increase sales of annuities to $4.7 billion in February, up 68% from the February 2007 total.Sales of ...