Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Allstate Develops VA Illustration System
By Staff WriterA team at Allstate Corp. has developed a tool for Allstate agents who want to sell variable annuities.[@@]The team has introduced the ClearCast Illustrations ...
August 16, 2005
MetLife Offers Equity Inde Options For InstitutionsMetLife Inc. has introduced an Equity Index Plus separate account investment option for pension plan sponsors.[@@]The option "fully replicates the performance of the S&P ...
August 15, 2005
Oregon Shares In VA Echange SettlementThe Oregon Division of Insurance has signed on to a national variable annuity settlement agreement involving Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.[@@]Waddell & Reed, Overland ...
August 15, 2005
Fixed Annuity Trends: Distribution MattersByWhen looking at fixed annuity trends, its important first to acknowledge the differences in the 4 primary distribution channels. They are summarized in the accompanying ...
August 15, 2005
NASD Mine In The Index Annuity Safe HarborBySeveral people have sent me a copy of a Jan. 6, 2005, letter which they say they received from the National Association of Securities Dealers. ...
August 11, 2005
Ohio Firm To Review Guardian VA Fund MenuA unit of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has hired Fairway Wealth Management L.L.C. to help employer clients make sense of retirement plan ...
August 10, 2005
6-Month Fied Annuity Sales Total $41.7 BillionReflecting the impact of strong equity indexed annuity sales, fixed annuity sales for the first half of 2005 totaled $41.7 billion. This is up ...
August 10, 2005
Product Envy Lurks Behind The NASD Notice On EIAsSecurities broker-dealers are losing revenue in the outflow of funds to EIAsIf ever there were an industry whose very name is the antithesis of ...