Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
More Agents Asking How Guarantees In VAs Are Backed
By Marcella De SimoneMore Agents Asking How Guarantees In VAs Are BackedByChanges in the market often affect the way financial services advisors do business by virtue of changing ...
February 06, 2003
Rating Agency Pans DAC AssumptionsNU Online News Service, Jan. 6, 3:33 p.m. -- U.S. insurers may be using overly optimistic assumptions about variable annuities in financial statements developed ...
January 30, 2003
Hartford Increases VA SalesNU Online News Service, Jan. 30, 1:07 p.m. -- Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, says it increased sales of variable annuities 15% in ...
January 27, 2003
Analyst: Bush Plan Would Hurt Annuity SalesNU Online News Service, Jan. 27, 10:22 a.m. -- President George W. Bush's proposal to eliminate the tax on stock dividends would devastate life ...
January 22, 2003
AnnuityNet Handles 165,000 TransactionsNU Online News Service, Jan. 22, 9:41 a.m. -- AnnuityNet Inc., Herndon, Va., says it processed about 165,000 annuity transactions in 2002.The transactions included ...
January 21, 2003
Info-One System Attracts More IssuersNU Online News Service, Jan. 21, 10:40 a.m. -- Info-One, Campbell, Calif., says all of the top 25 issuers of non-group U.S. variable annuities ...
December 20, 2002
Study: VA Sales Literature Needs ImprovementNU Online News Service, Dec. 20, 3:15 p.m. -- Sellers of variable annuities should put more emphasis on VA basics and protection features in ...
December 20, 2002
Prudential Financial To Buy American SkandiaNU Online News Service, Dec. 20, 2:35 p.m. -- Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., has signed an agreement with Skandia Insurance Company Ltd., Stockholm, ...