Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Transamerica Life Sued Over Variable Annuity Premium Taxes
By Allison BellThe plaintiff questions how the insurer handled billing for customers who surrendered their contracts early.
July 31, 2025
Lincoln Reports 32% Q2 RILA Sales GrowthCEO Ellen Cooper aims to put products on new shelves and keep more products on Lincoln's own books.
July 30, 2025
Annuity Issuers Still Neglect Middle-Income Savers, CNO Chief SaysFor Gary Bhojwani's company, that's an opportunity.
July 30, 2025
States Could Keep Annuity Issuers From Posting Risk ScoresSome regulators maintain that risk-based capital ratios should be for their eyes only.
July 30, 2025
Are Annuity Buyers Gaming the System?Retirement researchers Michael Finke and David Blanchett find there are ways to maximize the value of state protections.
July 29, 2025
Annuity Sales Keep Rising, in Spite of the DramaRebounding markets made bare stocks and funds tough competition, but some consumers still yearned for protection.
July 29, 2025
Ameriprise CEO Sees Some Rivals Offering Advisors 'Iffy' DealsExecutives hope the better advisors will think harder about a firm's balance sheet.
July 28, 2025
Allianz Life Breach May Affect Majority of Company's 1.4M CustomersThe life and annuity issuer believes the attacker used trickery to get into a cloud-based customer information database.