Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
SEC: Critique Our VA Disclosure Form
By Allison BellFederal officials want to hear more from the public about what broker-dealers ought to tell purchasers of financial services products.[@@]The U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
February 03, 2005
Insurer Puts ETFs In Variable AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Feb. 3, 2005, 4:32 p.m. ESTIntegrity Life Insurance Company, Louisville, Ky., has put a popular investment vehicle inside a tax-deferred ...
January 28, 2005
Banks Report Annuity Flat SalesNU Online News Service, Jan. 28, 2005, 4:28 p.m. ESTAnnuity sales in banks and savings institutions were about the same in November 2004 as ...
January 26, 2005
Earnings: Hartford, BISYSStrong benefits profits helped Hartford Financial Group Inc., Hartford, increase earnings during the fourth quarter of 2004 despite a drop in the flow of ...
January 13, 2005
Canadian Insurer Renames More U.S. ProductsNU Online News Service, Jan. 13, 2005, 6:15 p.m. ESTManulife Financial Corp., Toronto, is moving ahead with efforts to rebrand the products it sells ...
January 10, 2005
Allstate Expands Advisor OptionsNU Online News Service, Jan. 10, 2005, 4:48 p.m. ESTA Northbrook, Ill., insurer is offering several new riders to purchasers of its variable annuities.[@@]The ...
December 02, 2004
NAVA: Equities Make Up Higher Share Of VA AssetsNU Online News Service, Dec. 2, 2004, 6:55 p.m. ESTThe continuing stock market rebound pushed U.S. variable annuity assets to $1 trillion at the ...
November 03, 2004
Lincoln Leery Of UL CompetitionSome life insurers are taking sharply different approaches to sales of universal life insurance.[@@]Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., notes in its third-quarter earnings release ...