Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
VA Suitability More Important As Boomers Age, Regulators Say
By Matt BradySuitability in variable annuity sales is becoming an increasingly important issue as the "baby boomer" generation approaches its senior years, according to state and federal ...
June 15, 2007
Ohio National Variable Annuities Experience Record-Setting Growth, Receive RecognitionOhio National, Cincinnati, has experienced record-setting ONcore sales growth in the six months since strengthening its ONcore variable annuity benefit rider lineup with the addition of two new Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit Plus (GMIB Plus)
May 29, 2007
Symetra's Low Cost, High Value "Focus:" The Smart Variable Annuity ChoiceSymetra Life Insurance Company, Bellevue, Wash., has introduced a new variable annuity that is among the most cost-effective of such products on the market. The Symetra Focus Variable Annuity is also one of the only variable annuities available
May 01, 2007
Built to LastResearch: If the price is right, does it matter which company guarantees an annuity? Stout: My opinion would be yes. Price is really not even the...
April 04, 2007
A Big Year for Variable AnnuitiesNAVA, the Association for Insured Retirement Solutions (formerly the National Association of Variable Annuities) announced March 28 that total VA sales for 2006 were $157.3 billion, representing an 18.2% increase from 2005's sales of $133.1 billion.
March 29, 2007
Compensation Divides Annuity SellersTo expand the market for annuities, insurers have to win over fee-based financial advisors.Researchers at Cerulli Associates, Boston, have published that conclusion in a new ...
March 29, 2007
Compensation Divides Annuity SellersTo expand the market for annuities, insurers have to win over fee-based financial advisors.Researchers at Cerulli Associates, Boston, have published that conclusion in a new ...
March 22, 2007
LIMRA Reports Jump In VA ProductionTotal U.S. sales of individual annuities climbed to $59 billion during the fourth quarter of 2006, up 9% from the total for the fourth quarter ...