Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Pacific Life introduces new optional withdrawal benefit for variable annuities
By Staff WriterPacific Life, Newport Beach, Calif., has launched CoreIncome Advantage5, an optional benefit available with its variable annuities.
June 17, 2010
Annuity Guarantee Filings Can Now Speed UpThe Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission says insurers now can file annuities with guaranteed benefits through the commission's speed-to-market process.
June 17, 2010
Annuity Guarantee Filings Can Now Speed UpThe Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission says insurers now can file annuities with guaranteed benefits through the commission's speed-to-market process.
June 09, 2010
Five Scenarios for Variable AnnuitiesAdvisors share the scenarios in which they would consider recommending variable annuities (VAs) to clients.
June 01, 2010
Guaranteed benefits still popular in variable annuities87% - Percentage of consumers who elected guaranteed living benefits in the first quarter of 2010.
June 01, 2010
B/D Briefing: FINRA's Ketchum Sees a Fiduciary Future for B/DsAs the Senate continued its debate on Senator Chris Dodd's financial services reform bill in mid-May, members of Congress were wading through a series of...
May 31, 2010
Guaranteed benefits still popular in variable annuities87% - Percentage of consumers who elected guaranteed living benefits in the first quarter of 2010.
May 28, 2010
Rating Agency Warms to Lincoln NationalMoody's Investors Service has changed its outlook on Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE:LNC) to stable, from negative.