Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Fixed Annuity Future Looks Bright
By Matthew DrinkwaterByIn what may be a surprise to some, fixed annuity sales are expected to grow at a faster rate than variable annuity sales in the ...
September 30, 2004
Variable Annuities Are For RetirementReallyDeferred variable annuities get a lot of bad press in the popular media. Virtually every financial publication has, at one time or another, run negative ...
September 30, 2004
The Four Horsemen Of The Annuity WorldThe Four Horsemen Of The Annuity World These trends will drive much of what happens in the next 5 yearsBy Timothy C. PfeiferOne of the ...
September 30, 2004
Fixed Annuities: The Opaque Financial ProductByIf you want to know the current dividend the owners for any stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange, all you need to do ...
September 29, 2004
NAVA: Downturn Proved Value Of VA GuaranteesNU Online News Service, Sept. 29, 2004, 5:39 p.m. EDTThe National Association for Variable Annuities, Reston, Va., says variable annuities proved their worth during ...
September 20, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales DropBank sales of annuities dropped to $3.9 billion in July, from $4.1 billion in July 2003.[@@]Kenneth Kehrer Associates, Princeton, N.J., has published those statistics ...
September 15, 2004
Premium Bucket Nonforfeiture Approach Moves AheadPremium Bucket Nonforfeiture Approach Moves AheadByAnchorage, AlaskaRegulators charged with developing a regulation addressing nonforfeiture for individual deferred annuities decided to allow a premium bucket approach ...
September 10, 2004
IPipeline Updates AnnuityTrac SystemNU Online News Service, Sept. 10, 2004, 4:12 p.m. EDTInternet Pipeline Inc., Exton, Pa., has introduced AnnuityTrac 2.0, a Web-based annuity information system.[@@]Advisors who ...