Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
FRC Hires Three Investment Analysts
By Staff WriterNU 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 10, 2003
Regulators Send Message To Sellers Of Securities: BewareRegulators Send Message To Sellers Of Securities: BewareSecurities regulators have continued to target practices used by broker-dealers to sell variable annuities and have started targeting ...
August 07, 2003
AEGON Holds Line On Annuity GuaranteesNU Online News Service, Aug. 7, 2003, 12:45 p.m. EDT -- Executives at AEGON N.V., The Hague, Netherlands, got tough on annuity buyers during ...
August 03, 2003
Variable Annuities: More Than Just Tax-DeferralVariable Annuities: More Than Just Tax-DeferralByOn reading his obituary, Mark Twain quipped, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The same might be said ...
July 06, 2003
About Conservative Investing In Variable ProductsAbout Conservative Investing In Variable ProductsPeople do need to invest to reflect their own risk profile, says John Fenton, a principal with Tillinghast in the ...
July 02, 2003
Kehrer: Banks Sell More Variable AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, July 2, 2003, 1:13 p.m. EDT -- U.S. banks generated $4.25 billion in annuity sales in April, up from $4 ...
July 01, 2003
Left Behind?Variable annuities suffered a blow last month when President Bush's new tax law, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, failed to...
June 08, 2003
NASD Issues Variable Annuity AlertByUnethical sales practices in the annuity marketplace have increased over the last few years, according to the National Association of Securities Dealers, causing the organization ...