Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
NAIC Committee Advances Revised GMDB Guideline
By Jim ConnollyNU Online News Service, Nov. 6, 2003, 6:02 p.m. EST -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., will review a revised ...
October 02, 2003
The GMWD: Newest VA Benefit TwistAfter two years of depressed sales, variable annuity gross sales have rebounded in 2003.Year-to-date variable annuity sales totaled $63.3 billion through June 2003, according to ...
October 02, 2003
Regulators Tackle VA ReservingByChicago Regulators are looking for short-term as well as long-term solutions for reserving for variable annuities.The long-term solution is on track to be considered by ...
October 02, 2003
Can New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?_Can New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?Even the most exuberant optimist has to admit that the annuity business has fallen on hard times. In ...
September 16, 2003
Papers Focus On Forecasts Involving Random VariablesNU Online News Service, Sept. 16, 2003, 3:46 p.m. EDT -- Organizers of the recent Stochastic Modeling Symposium in Toronto gave the Outstanding Paper ...
September 05, 2003
Regulators Ponder ACLI Objections To Suitability ModelNU Online News Service, Sept. 5, 2003, 7:13 p.m. EDT -- State insurance regulators are weighing complaints from the American Council of Life Insurers, ...
September 04, 2003
FRC Hires Three Investment AnalystsNU Online News Service, Sept. 4, 2003, 2:45 p.m. EDT -- Financial Research Corp., Boston, has hired three investment research analysts and says it ...
August 22, 2003
BISA: Bank Rep Productivity Falls But VA Sales SoarNU Online News Service, Aug. 22, 2003, 3:53 p.m. EDT -- The stock market rebounded during the second quarter, but registered representatives at bank ...