Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Innovation In Annuities--What It Takes To Win
By Linda KocoIs innovation alive or dead in the annuity business? The answer is, "yes--well, sort of," according to insurance professionals contacted for this story.
September 01, 2005
Marketing Guru Says Guarantees Are The FutureThe life insurance industry may be spending the next few decades coming up with new and better ways to protect the retirement savings that ...
September 01, 2005
MetLife Completes CitiStreet DealMetLife Inc. has completed a previously announced deal to acquire a business that is a big player in the markets for the annuities used ...
August 31, 2005
PacificLifeArtPacific Life ArtTug of WarPros And Cons Of Variable AnnuitiesAmong the arguments that continue to be made both for and against variable annuities within ...
August 30, 2005
Second-Quarter VA Sales FallU.S. variable annuity sales fell to $33.5 billion during the second quarter, down 0.5% from the total for the second quarter of 2004, the ...
August 30, 2005
Lincoln Seen As Good BuyLincoln National Corp. should be well-positioned to meet the baby boomers' growing need for financial services in the coming years. [@@]Jeffrey Hopson, an analyst ...
August 29, 2005
Bank Annuity Sales Down 18%Despite a slight rebound in variable annuity volume, total sales of annuities through banks and savings institutions fell 18% between June 2004 and June ...
August 29, 2005
IRS Releases Final 412(i) Valuation RegulationsThe Internal Revenue Service has completed regulations that are supposed to keep employers and insurers from playing games with the values of life insurance ...