Annuities
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Lifetime of income essential to planning process
By Amanda BuchananSunAmerica announced a new enhancement to the MarketLock living benefit feature: the option for lifetime income. The enhanced MarketLock is available on the company's Polaris and Seasons variable annuities, and can help ensure that investors will
June 13, 2006
Three Carriers Launch Annuity Living Benefit RidersThree life insurers announced living benefit riders for some of their annuities.MetLife, New York, is making a lifetime withdrawal guarantee rider available for most of ...
June 12, 2006
Banks' Annuity Sales Jump In MarchStrong sales of variable annuities helped push March annuity sales in banks and savings institutions to a 12% increase over a year earlier.Financial institutions sold ...
June 11, 2006
Fixed Annuity 1Q Sales Up 3% Over Previous QuarterU.S. fixed annuities sales reached $17.3 billion in the first quarter of 2006, with March showing the highest sales, according to the latest Beacon Research ...
June 11, 2006
Fixed Annuity 1Q Sales Up 3% Over Previous QuarterU.S. fixed annuities sales reached $17.3 billion in the first quarter of 2006, with March showing the highest sales, according to the latest Beacon Research ...
June 11, 2006
Strong VA Sales Offset Falling FA Sales: LIMRAVariable annuity sales rose during the first quarter as fixed annuity sales fell.VA sales climbed 20% between the first quarter of 2005 and the first ...
June 11, 2006
Strong VA Sales Offset Falling FA Sales: LIMRAVariable annuity sales rose during the first quarter as fixed annuity sales fell.VA sales climbed 20% between the first quarter of 2005 and the first ...
June 08, 2006
MassMutual expands distribution for group executive life insuranceMassMutual Financial Group is making its executive group life insurance product more widely available to employers by increasing the number of insurance professionals who can sell it. To make executive group life insurance more widely accessible