Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Fitch Discusses VA Market
By Staff WriterFitchAug04jcBanner--RatingsOffers Details On New Stochastic Fitch ModelFitch Ratings detailed its new stochastic model to analyze VA capital requirements and discussed the shift in how ...
July 11, 2005
VA Rider Protects Income PaymentsNationwide Financial Services Inc. is adding a retirement income guarantee option for variable annuity holders.[@@]The option, the America's Income Annuity Income Foundation rider, gives ...
July 11, 2005
Shepherdson Returns To AXAAXA Financial Inc. has hired Jamie Shepherdson to be executive vice president and head of the company's AXA Distributors L.L.C. wholesale distribution division.[@@]Shepherdson co-founded ...
July 06, 2005
IMSA Publishes Consumer Annuity GuideThe Insurance Marketplace Standards Association has released a free brochure for annuity buyers.[@@]IMSA, Washington, has posted the brochure on its Web site, at http://www.imsaethics.orgThe ...
July 06, 2005
NASD Punishes Firm For Variable Product Sales ContestsThe National Association of Securities Dealers has imposed a $325,000 fine in connection with allegations about variable product sales.[@@]The NASD has accused the firm, ...
July 05, 2005
Consultant: VA Reinsurance Remains TightReinsurance for variable annuities with guarantees continues to be scarce and costly.[@@]That's the assessment of David Hopewell, a senior actuarial advisor in the Philadelphia ...
June 29, 2005
VA Reinsurance Remains Tight, Consultant AssertsThe availability of reinsurance for variable annuities with guarantees continues to be scarce and costly, according to David Hopewell, a senior actuarial advisor with ...
June 29, 2005
Bank Of America Settles With Mass. On VA Sales To ElderlyBank of America's brokerage unit has agreed to settle a state regulator's complaint that it sold inappropriate variable annuities to older seniors in 2003 ...