State Regulators Might Make Annuity Issuers' Risk Scores Secret

What You Need To Know

• An RBC ratio shows how much capital an insurer has to meet obligations to insurance policyholders and annuity contract owners.
• Ohio regulators worry that disclosing the ratios may cause healthy insurers to act in ways that hurt their finances.
• Representatives for Transamerica and the ACLI say transparency about RBC ratios helps investors and consumers.