Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Retirees Suffer as 401(k) Rollover Boom Enriches Brokers
By John HechingerA three-month Bloomberg investigation found that former employees at major companies say sales reps lured them into rolling their 401(k)s into unsuitable investments.
March 26, 2014
Variable annuity sales to hit $22B by 2018Annuities tied Roth IRAs as the most unsolicited product requests made by investors to their advisors, Cerulli says.
March 26, 2014
Variable annuity sales to hit $22B by 2018Annuities tied Roth IRAs as the most unsolicited product requests made by investors to their advisors, Cerulli says.
March 25, 2014
Variable Annuity Sales to Hit $22 Billion by 2018: CerulliAnnuities tied Roth IRAs as the most unsolicited product requests made by investors to their advisors, Cerulli says.
March 20, 2014
Hartford Financial said near sale of Japan operation to OrixOrix would pay about $875 million in a transaction that would include variable annuities.
March 18, 2014
Lawsky fines Axa $20M for annuity changesAxa SAs U.S. unit was fined $20 million by the New York Department of Financial Services.
March 18, 2014
Lawsky fines Axa $20M for annuity changesAxa SAs U.S. unit was fined $20 million by the New York Department of Financial Services.
March 12, 2014
Variable annuities still weigh on 3 U.S. life insurersAccording to a report by Moodys Investor Service, variable annuities continue to negatively impact the balance sheets of the three largest variable annuity writers.