Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Insurer Adds GMWB Option
By Staff WriterJackson National Life Insurance Company is making a new benefit guarantee option available with an existing guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit.Jackson National, Lansing, Mich., a unit ...
September 01, 2008
The Case for CommissionsI am not an advisor and have no expertise in how clients should be serviced. But as part of an overall treatment to help advisors...
August 27, 2008
Positioning Vital In Designing VAs, Report SaysProduct developers of variable annuities rate "clients served" and "advisor and/or broker-dealer input" as the most important factors in designing VAs as well as life ...
August 27, 2008
Positioning Vital In Designing VAs, Report SaysProduct developers of variable annuities rate "clients served" and "advisor and/or broker-dealer input" as the most important factors in designing VAs as well as life ...
August 27, 2008
Hedging Has Helped Variable Annuities: Moody'sMost variable annuity writers' hedging programs have worked well in spite of recent market volatility, Moody's Investors Service says.In a new report, Moody's observes that ...
August 27, 2008
Hedging Has Helped Variable Annuities: Moody'sMost variable annuity writers' hedging programs have worked well in spite of recent market volatility, Moody's Investors Service says.In a new report, Moody's observes that ...
August 26, 2008
Advisors Increase Fee Income: CerulliThe percentage of financial advisors who earn 50% or more of their revenue from fees increased 60% between 2002 and 2007, Cerulli Associates reports.Cerulli, Boston, ...
August 03, 2008
FINRA Proposes Illustration ChangesThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has drafted rules that could affect marketers of variable annuity and variable life products.FINRA, Washington, wants to streamline existing rules ...