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.
Utah Index Annuity Bill Derailed
By Staff WriterBy Linda KocoA Utah house bill involving index annuity sales met with strong insurance industry opposition recently and was subsequently tabled.Introduced by Rep. Merlynn T. ...
February 12, 2004
New Annuity Designs Are Taking A Page From HistoryNew Annuity Designs Are Taking A Page From HistoryThe sentiment behind a well-known Broadway musical, "Everything Old is New Again," also could be applied to ...
February 11, 2004
Equity-Indexed Annuity Profits Help AmerUs ResultsNU Online News Service, Feb. 11, 2004, 12:05 p.m. EST -- Higher margins on equity-indexed annuities helped boost fourth-quarter 2003 profits at AmerUs Group ...
February 06, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Ride A RollercoasterNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EST -- Bank annuity sales were both up and down in December 2003.[@@]Combined bank sales ...
January 20, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Fall Again In NovemberNU Online News Service, Jan. 20, 2004, 3:49 p.m. EST -- Bank sales of annuities fell for the second straight month in November 2003.[@@]Bank ...
January 14, 2004
BISYS Gets Fixed Annuity Tool From BeaconNU Online News Service, Jan. 14, 2004, 11:23 a.m. EST -- The BISYS Group Inc., New York, has hired Beacon Research Publications Inc., Evanston, ...
January 08, 2004
Power Boomers Prefer Fixed AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Jan. 8, 2004, 1:47 p.m. EST -- "Power boomers" may be more interested in investing retirement funds in fixed annuities ...
December 11, 2003
Index Annuity Sales Eased Off In 3QByThird quarter 2003 index annuity sales were off by 13% from the 2nd quarter 2003, and by 13% from the 3rd quarter a year ago, ...