Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Pacific Life Beefs Up VA Income Guarantee
By Staff WriterPacific Life Insurance Company has introduced the Lifetime Income Access Plus contract option.[@@]The contract option can guarantee return of principal for variable annuity contract ...
September 21, 2005
Jackson National Unit Announces Personnel MovesCurian Capital has hired 3 executives and promoted 2.[@@]Curian, Denver, administers managed account programs, which give investors with large sums to invest personalized alternative ...
September 20, 2005
Fied Annuity Buyers Split On DurationsBuyers of 2 different types of fixed annuity contracts are sending mixed messages about interest rates.[@@]FA buyers' growing interest in multi-year contracts has surfaced ...
September 20, 2005
Allstate Unit Adds Deferred AnnuitiesLincoln Benefit Life is replacing its SureHorizon and Saver's Choice Plus deferred annuities.[@@]Lincoln Benefit, a unit of Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., says it will ...
September 20, 2005
Lincoln Benefit Offers New Deferred AnnuitiesAn Allstate Company subsidiary has launched 2 new deferred annuities.[@@]Lincoln Benefit Life Insurance Co., Northbrook, Ill., says its new SureHorizon II and SureHorizon Choice ...
September 20, 2005
Suit Questions Sale Of Annuities To IRA HoldersPacific Life Insurance Company faces a class-action suit contending that the company improperly sold variable annuities for use within individual retirement accounts.[@@]Pacific Life, Newport ...
September 20, 2005
Carrier Group Continues To Fight NASD VA Proposal (Corrected)The American Council of Life Insurers has repeated its call for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to scrap a proposed National Association of ...
September 19, 2005
Spitzer Asks Hartford About VA TradesNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office is asking for information about variable annuity transactions at Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.[@@]Spitzer's office has sent ...