Regulators Tackle VA Reserving
By Jim ConnollyByChicago Regulators are looking for short-term as well as long-term solutions for reserving for variable annuities.The long-term solution is on track to be considered by ...
October 02, 2003
Inflation And Retirement Income: SPIAs Can HelpInflation And Retirement Income: SPIAs Can HelpAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), the common measure ...
October 02, 2003
Can New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?_Can 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
Software Considerations When Buying Agency ComputersSoftware Considerations When Buying Agency ComputersIf youve read our first two articles in this series (see NU, Aug. 11 and Sept. 15) and done some ...
October 02, 2003
The Manulife-Hancock MergerStart Of Something Big?The Manulife-Hancock Merger Start Of Something Big?ByAfter the announcement of Manulife Financial Corporations acquisition of John Hancock Financial Services, analysts differed over whether the deal ...
October 02, 2003
Two-Product Sales Need To Be SuitableYou have known your prospect for a long time through the country club, but you have never done business with himthough not for lack of ...
October 02, 2003
Interesting Times Now And Ahead For AnnuitiesInteresting Times Now And Ahead For AnnuitiesThe old Chinese saying-- "May you live in interesting times"--seems to have been conferred on todays annuity insurers. The ...
October 02, 2003
New Critical Illness Association Targets Education To Field And PublicNew Critical Illness Association Targets Education To Field And PublicByBraselton, Ga. What are the key issues confronting the young and still developing critical illness insurance ...