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.
Beacon: Flatter Rate Curve Hits FA Market
By Staff WriterRecent interest rate shifts may be decreasing consumer interest in contracts with relatively short, 1-year rate guarantee periods.Buyers of both book value fixed annuities and ...
February 26, 2006
Fixed Annuity Sales Fell 10% In 2005Industry sales of fixed annuities totaled $18.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005, the lowest quarterly sales total since the second quarter of 2001.The ...
February 26, 2006
Fixed Annuity Sales Fell 10% In 2005Industry sales of fixed annuities totaled $18.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005, the lowest quarterly sales total since the second quarter of 2001.The ...
February 16, 2006
Banco Popular To Offer Symetra ProductsA financial services distributor will be selling a Northwestern insurer's annuities through a bank with strong ties to Hispanic consumers.Popular Investments, an arm of Independent ...
February 16, 2006
Banco Popular To Offer Symetra ProductsA financial services distributor will be selling a Northwestern insurer's annuities through a bank with strong ties to Hispanic consumers.Popular Investments, an arm of Independent ...
February 05, 2006
Fixed Annuity Interest Rates Need FixingMoney moves like a river. Although it may "pool" for a while in a savings or investment account, at maturity, the money will move towards ...
February 05, 2006
Fixed Annuity Interest Rates Need FixingMoney moves like a river. Although it may "pool" for a while in a savings or investment account, at maturity, the money will move towards ...
February 02, 2006
Bank Annuity Sales ImproveDespite a strong showing by variable products, annuity sales in banks fell 16% between November 2004 and November 2005.Volume dropped to $3 billion, from $3.6 ...