Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
NAVA Hears MFS Executive's Income Solution Suggestions
By Linda KocoPeople want to know what will happen to them, financially speaking, if they live to be 80 to 98, said Robert C. Pozen, chairman of ...
February 05, 2006
Worrywarts Don't Rule; Performance DoesWhen guaranteed minimum death benefits first debuted on variable annuities a decade ago, critics said they wouldn't fly. The stock market was in overdrive, so ...
February 01, 2006
Ameriprise Unit Adds Accumulation BenefitA Minnesota company is adding a rider to the variable annuity benefit guarantee market.Ameriprise Financial Inc., Minneapolis, says its IDS Life Insurance Company and IDS ...
February 01, 2006
Facts & FablesA popular insurance industry myth begins with an injured worker's disability claim for an accident he said was the result of "poor planning." Asked by the company to provide more detail, the man said he was working alone at the top of an 80-foot
January 31, 2006
Ameriprise Unit Adds Accumulation BenefitA Minnesota company is adding a rider to the variable annuity benefit guarantee market.Ameriprise Financial Inc., Minneapolis, says its IDS Life Insurance Company and IDS ...
January 31, 2006
Facts & FablesA popular insurance industry myth begins with an injured worker's disability claim for an accident he said was the result of "poor planning." Asked by the company to provide more detail, the man said he was working alone at the top of an 80-foot
January 15, 2006
NASD Official Calls ForNational Association of Securities Dealers Chairman Robert Glauber says the self-regulatory organization wants to change the way annuities are regulated.Glauber told attendees at an enforcement ...
January 15, 2006
Let's TalkBoy, oh boy, is Robert Glauber a man on a mission!For the past few months, the chairman of the National Association of Securities Dealers has ...