Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
InsurMark Battles Rule 151A
By staff WriterA Houston financial services distributor is trying to use shoe leather to keep regulators from classifying indexed annuities as securities.
September 28, 2009
Quiz question: Status of equity funds in variable annuitiesThis article answers the question: Equities accounted for what percentage of variable annuity subaccount assets as of the end of the first quarter 2009?
September 27, 2009
Quiz question: Status of equity funds in variable annuitiesThis article answers the question: Equities accounted for what percentage of variable annuity subaccount assets as of the end of the first quarter 2009?
August 24, 2009
Pru Replaces VA OptionsPrudential Annuity is realigning a pair of variable annuity value protection options.
August 24, 2009
Pru Replaces VA OptionsPrudential Annuity is realigning a pair of variable annuity value protection options.
August 13, 2009
Wis. Adds Variable LineWisconsin insurance regulators are creating new licensing requirements for agents who sell variable annuities and variable life insurance.
August 13, 2009
Wis. Adds Variable LineWisconsin insurance regulators are creating new licensing requirements for agents who sell variable annuities and variable life insurance.
July 15, 2009
Study: Higher Fees, Less Flexibility in VAs' Living Benefit RidersNearly all VA providers raised fees on living benefit riders in 2008