Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
New NAIC Suitability Model Draws Mixed Reactions
By Jim ConnollyNU Online News Service, Feb. 24, 4:33 p.m. -- Representatives for the American Council of Life Insurers, Washington, and SpreadtheRisk.org, Kansas City, Mo., a ...
February 13, 2003
Bank Annuity Sales Flat in DecemberNU Online News Service, Feb. 13, 3:55 p.m. -- Annuity sales in banks continued to slump in December, reports Kenneth Kehrer Associates, Princeton, N.J., ...
February 09, 2003
Regulators Tackling Minimum Interest Rates And VA Capital RequirementsByTwo regulatory projects currently under way could have a major impact on annuities. The first would impact minimum crediting rates and product development for fixed ...
February 07, 2003
Hancock Reports Higher 4th Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Feb. 7, 12:37 p.m. -- John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Boston, is reporting $113 million in net income for the ...
February 07, 2003
AmerUs Reports Lower 4th Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Feb. 7, 2:18 p.m. -- AmerUs Group Company, Des Moines, Iowa, is reporting $7.2 million in net income for the ...
February 06, 2003
Rating Agency Pans DAC AssumptionsNU Online News Service, Jan. 6, 3:33 p.m. -- U.S. insurers may be using overly optimistic assumptions about variable annuities in financial statements developed ...
February 06, 2003
Allstate Reports Higher 4th Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 10:37 a.m. -- The Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., is reporting $447 million in net income for the fourth ...
February 02, 2003
Income Annuities Can Create Stability In A Sea Of Investment VolatilityByWould you advise your clients to swim across a river in which half of the swimmers who made the attempt drowned?Of course not. Yet many ...