Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Fee-based advisors have new product
By Staff WriterPhoenix Cos., in an effort to create an variable annuity for its fee-based advisors, partnered with Jefferson National Life Insurance Co. and developed a low-cost, no-load annuity that is sold through wirehouses, regional broker-dealers and
April 24, 2008
Phoenix Launches No-Load Annuity for Fee-Based AdvisorsIn yet another testament to the rising popularity of annuities, Hartford, Connecticut-based The Phoenix Companies has launched Phoenix Portfolio Advisor Variable Annuity, an innovative low-cost, no-load annuity sold through the company's distribution partners, including wirehouses, regional broker/dealers, and financial institutions.
April 17, 2008
What is your perception of variable annuities?Jerome G., 76New Prague, Minn."I don' know any details about them; I have other investments. I guess I have heard a few things about them in the news, and none of it was good. The feeling I got is that a lot of advisors use variable annuities to
April 17, 2008
Hancock sets sales recordAs annuities continue to fight image problems and their perception faces a shaping battle between the insurance industry, the media and regulators, a piece of good news emerged from the variable side of the industry. John Hancock Financial Services
April 17, 2008
'Commission-free investing' claim clouds VA articleI must express my disappointment in John Huggard's article, "10 reasons variable annuity sales are soaring" (Senior Market Advisor, Dec. 2006).
April 17, 2008
Compliance complaintsCompliance people running scaredOur compliance team has the correct approach - they often say "no" at the first pass, then follow it up with, "Now, let's see how we can make it work." Of course, this is at the internal advisory level in our RIA, not
April 16, 2008
Hancock sets sales recordAs annuities continue to fight image problems and their perception faces a shaping battle between the insurance industry, the media and regulators, a piece of good news emerged from the variable side of the industry. John Hancock Financial Services
April 16, 2008
What is your perception of variable annuities?Jerome G., 76New Prague, Minn."I don' know any details about them; I have other investments. I guess I have heard a few things about them in the news, and none of it was good. The feeling I got is that a lot of advisors use variable annuities to