Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Who's selling variable annuities now?
By NU StaffImage shows pie chart of VA sales by distirbution channel at the end of the 3rd quarter 2008.
January 19, 2009
Variable Annuity Sales Slide 10%New sales of variable annuities fell 10% in the 3rd quarter, to $37 billion from $41.1 billion in the second quarter of 2008.
January 18, 2009
Variable Annuity Sales Slide 10%New sales of variable annuities fell 10% in the 3rd quarter, to $37 billion from $41.1 billion in the second quarter of 2008.
December 25, 2008
Advisors speak out on 151A passage[Editor's note: On Dec. 17, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission members voted 4-1 on Ruling 151A, a move which could significantly change the way many of those in the financial services industry make their livings. We wrote about the
December 25, 2008
Advisors speak out on 151A passage[Editor's note: On Dec. 17, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission members voted 4-1 on Ruling 151A, a move which could significantly change the way many of those in the financial services industry make their livings. We wrote about the
December 01, 2008
The Wall Street bloodbathScott DeMonte, who follows the VA market for Massachusetts-based Financial Research Corp., says his advisor contacts were seeing a rise in demand for variable annuities in the immediate wake of the financial crisis.
December 01, 2008
Variable annuity trendsInvestors and advisors alike would be hard-pressed to find a silver lining to this fall's financial meltdown, but if there is one, says John Hancock's Tom Mullen, it might just be found in the variable annuities marketplace. One
November 30, 2008
The Wall Street bloodbathScott DeMonte, who follows the VA market for Massachusetts-based Financial Research Corp., says his advisor contacts were seeing a rise in demand for variable annuities in the immediate wake of the financial crisis.