Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Brighthouse Executive Expects RILA Market to Get More Competitive
By Allison BellMyles Lambert sees the pressure improving the features clients can use to take out income.
July 18, 2023
Nationwide Adds an Annuity With 2 Buffer ChoicesThe company is bundling in a spousal protection feature.
July 13, 2023
MassMutual Adds an Annuity Cushion for the AnxiousThe company put a Cboe Vest buffer fund on the investment options menu.
June 23, 2023
Equitable's Nick Lane: The Nature of Advice Has to ChangeSure, clients want a good return on assets. But they also yearn for something more.
May 04, 2023
Where Do Annuities Fit in Your Client's Retirement Strategy?Wade Pfau and Spencer Look attempted to clear up some of advisors' annuity confusion at the Morningstar conference.
April 25, 2023
Ameriprise Hints at How Life and Annuity Issuers Are DoingNet investment income was up at Ameriprise. Maybe it was up at other life and annuity issuers, too.
April 03, 2023
Nationwide Gets Closer to Fidelity — and InvescoThe relationships will add a distribution option and expand a variable annuity's fund menu.
March 28, 2023
Regulators Approve Guideline for Index-Linked Variable AnnuitiesAnother NAIC change could affect efforts to show clients how indexed universal life policies might work.