Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
AIG Chairman Discusses WTC Attacks And American General Deal
By Jim ConnollyMaurice Greenberg, chairman of American International Group, New York, addressed analysts, discussing the acquisition of American General Corp. as well as the impact of ...
October 07, 2001
VAs Will Survive The CUrrent Financial ClimateVAs Will Survive The Current Financial Climate During the past few weeks, we have received an increasing number of telephone calls from various financial reporters ...
October 07, 2001
'Annuities Have A Story To Tell' Now, Producers SayAnnuities Have A Story To Tell Now, Producers SayBy Right now, consumers are pretty much in a holding pattern, where their annuity purchases are concerned, ...
September 20, 2001
Unbundling Annuities: Customers Speak And Computers CringeUnbundling Annuities: Customers Speak And Computers CringeByWhen Henry Ford applied mass production techniques to the fledgling automobile industry to make cars affordable to most workers, ...
September 09, 2001
'Packaged Riders' Sales Approach Focuses On Personal SolutionsBy People seldom look for financial products. What they want is not another product, but a solution to meet a need.In fact, a study ...
September 09, 2001
Using Immediate Annuities To Update An Estate PlanUsing Immediate Annuities To Update An Estate PlanOne of the best and most often used estate-planning techniques is the marital deduction. You can leave as ...
September 09, 2001
A Variable Annuity Inside An IRA? Educate Clients, Let Them ChooseA Variable Annuity Inside An IRA? Educate Clients, Let Them Choose ByThe debate over whether it makes sense to use a variable annuity inside ...
August 28, 2001
Second-Quarter Variable Annuity Sales Down 20%NU Online News Service, Aug. 28, 10:05 a.m. -- U.S. variable annuities attracted only $29 billion in total premium flow in the second quarter, ...