Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Can New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?_
By Norse N. Blazzard, Judith A. HasenauerCan New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?Even the most exuberant optimist has to admit that the annuity business has fallen on hard times. In ...
October 02, 2003
Annuities Or CDs? Help Clients Expand Their Comfort ZoneAnnuities Or CDs? Help Clients Expand Their Comfort ZoneWhile your senior clients may be familiar with bank certificates of deposit, they often may be unacquainted ...
September 19, 2003
Kehrer: Bank Annuity Sales Dropped In JulyNU Online News Service, Sept. 19, 2003, 5:31 p.m. EDT -- Banks reported $4.2 billion in annuity sales for July, down 7.1% from $4.5 ...
September 16, 2003
Papers Focus On Forecasts Involving Random VariablesNU Online News Service, Sept. 16, 2003, 3:46 p.m. EDT -- Organizers of the recent Stochastic Modeling Symposium in Toronto gave the Outstanding Paper ...
September 15, 2003
NAIC Adopts Annuity Suitability ModelNU Online News Service, Sept. 15, 2003, 6:02 p.m. EDT -- ChicagoThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., has concluded five years ...
September 14, 2003
Bank Investment Productivity Down From Last Year: BISAByThe monthly productivity of bank broker-dealers fell 8%, to $25,708, during the second quarter of 2003, from an average of $28,058 in terms of gross ...
September 09, 2003
Survey: 45% Of U.S. Adults Not Familiar With AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Sept. 9, 2003, 6:03 p.m. EDT -- Sixty-eight percent of U.S. adults interviewed said they believed they would need at ...
September 05, 2003
Regulators Ponder ACLI Objections To Suitability ModelNU Online News Service, Sept. 5, 2003, 7:13 p.m. EDT -- State insurance regulators are weighing complaints from the American Council of Life Insurers, ...