Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
5 States Settle Annuity Dispute With Nationwide
By Trevor ThomasFive state insurance regulators have entered into a $2.1 million settlement with Nationwide Life Insurance Co. and Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Co. over charges of allegedly unsuitable sales of variable annuities.
February 05, 2010
Big Shots and Blanket StatementsFrom time to time, I receive press releases and other email notifications from Jane White, president and founder of Retirement Solutions LLC. Im not quite ...
February 05, 2010
Big Shots and Blanket StatementsFrom time to time, I receive press releases and other email notifications from Jane White, president and founder of Retirement Solutions LLC. I’m not quite ...
February 04, 2010
Big Shots and Blanket StatementsSo annuities are bad - not just bad but "the worst possible solution for managing a lifetime income stream" - because there are people who abuse their authority?
February 01, 2010
Variable Annuities Poised To Take Off--AgainFor most of the last decade, variable annuities have been one of the most popular investment products offered by insurance firms.
January 31, 2010
Variable Annuities Poised To Take Off--AgainFor most of the last decade, variable annuities have been one of the most popular investment products offered by insurance firms.
January 24, 2010
FinCen: Insurers See Possible Terrorist Financing ActivityInsurers seem to be doing a good job of telling the U.S. Treasury Department about suspicious activity, and they have uncovered a few transactions that may relate to financing of terrorism, officials say.
January 21, 2010
Ruark: GMWB Use Below ExpectationsUse of the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit option offered with variable annuities has been lower than originally expected.