Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Canadian Insurer Renames U.S. VA Products
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, June 16, 2004, 6:16 p.m. EDT -- Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Wellesley Hills, Mass., is giving its ...
June 09, 2004
NASD Seeks Variable Product Suitability RuleNU Online News Service, June 9, 2004, 2:52 p.m. EDT, Washington -- Variable annuity sales would come under tougher suitability and disclosure requirements under ...
June 04, 2004
NAIC Postpones VA Guarantee ImplementationNU Online News Service, June 4, 2004, 6:27 p.m. EDT -- Regulators at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have decided against trying to ...
June 03, 2004
NASD Slams Broker-Dealer With Fine For VA Market TimingNASD Slams Broker-Dealer With Fine For VA Market TimingByWashingtonThe National Association of Securities Dealers has fined a Richmond, Va.-based broker-dealer $450,000 in what the NASD ...
June 01, 2004
NASD Announces VA Market Timing FineNU Online News Service, June 1, 2004, 6:12 p.m. EDT, Washington -- NASD Inc., Washington, has fined a broker-dealer $450,000 in what NASD ...
June 01, 2004
Screening ProcessReps interested in moving to another B/D should consider compliance when they make their choices. Dennis Kaminski, chief compliance officer at Mutual Service Corp., suggests...
May 28, 2004
NAVA: U.S. VA Asset Total Climbs 28%NU Online News Service, May 28, 2004, 2:44 p.m. EDT -- U.S. variable annuity net assets soared to $1 trillion at the end of ...
May 26, 2004
Investors Capital Hires Former NAVA ChairmanNU Online News Service, May 26, 2004, 1:15 p.m. EDT -- Investors Capital Holdings Ltd., Lynnfield, Mass., has hired a well-known variable annuity marketer ...