Annuity Investing
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Individual U.S. Annuity Sales Hit $124 Billion In 1st Half Of 2007
By Joseph MontminyLIMRA estimates that individual annuity sales reached $124.4 billion in the first half of 2007, a 3% increase over the first half of 2006 (see ...
July 03, 2007
Brokers Buffer Insurer Against Class-Action SuitA judge in the U.S. District Court in Honolulu says plaintiffs cannot bring a class-action suit against an indexed annuity manufacturer, in part, because the ...
June 28, 2007
Inflation-Adjusted Guaranteed IncomeTo help retirees keep pace with inflation and still have guaranteed income, Minneapolis-based Thrivent Financial for Lutherans introduced this month a new single-premium immediate annuity. The...
June 24, 2007
Annuity Assets Grew 1.2% In 1QTotal deferred annuity assets grew 1.2% during the first quarter of 2007, reaching nearly $1.97 trillion, reports LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn.The figures come from a ...
June 24, 2007
Annuity Assets Grew 1.2% In 1QTotal deferred annuity assets grew 1.2% during the first quarter of 2007, reaching nearly $1.97 trillion, reports LIMRA International, Windsor, Conn.The figures come from a ...
June 20, 2007
Fed Breaks Out Annuity Income For First TimeCommissions and fees from annuities sold in banks totaled $762 million in the first quarter.Michael White Associates, Radnor, Pa., has based that figure on data ...
June 20, 2007
Fed Breaks Out Annuity Income For First TimeCommissions and fees from annuities sold in banks totaled $762 million in the first quarter.Michael White Associates, Radnor, Pa., has based that figure on data ...
May 15, 2007
Guarantees gone wildWho's busiest among the 10 employees at Partners Wealth Management, a financial advisory firm based in Naperville, Ill.? It very well could be the person charged with tracking all the new annuity features flooding the market. In fact, says