Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Annuity Guarantee Filings Can Now Speed Up
By Linda KocoThe Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission says insurers now can file annuities with guaranteed benefits through the commission's speed-to-market process.
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.
May 27, 2010
Regulatory update: "We are over-complianced"Steve Bailey, a registered investment rep at HB Financial Resources, the Charlotte, N.C., firm he founded, spoke with Senior Market Advisor recently on regulatory issues. Below are highlights from that conversation.
April 29, 2010
Suitability: The Rules Are ChangingIt used to be that the rules governing when an annuity recommendation was considered "suitable" depended upon whether the annuity in question was a variable contract.
April 29, 2010
Why Index Annuity Sales Are Turning HeadsThe close of 2009 was particularly challenging in terms of forecasting index annuity sales.
April 28, 2010
Why Index Annuity Sales Are Turning HeadsThe close of 2009 was particularly challenging in terms of forecasting index annuity sales.