Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
February 06, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Ride A RollercoasterNU Online News Service, Feb. 6, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EST -- Bank annuity sales were both up and down in December 2003.[@@]Combined bank sales ...
February 05, 2004
Advisors Air Their ConcernsSome financial advisors who sell variable annuities are concerned about recent developments.These advisors fear that some companies might have bent their rules for big ...
February 02, 2004
Rydex Hires NAVA ChairmanNU Online News Service, Feb. 2, 2004, 1:31 p.m. EST -- Rydex Investments, Rockville, Md., has hired a former Putnam Investments executive who leads ...
February 02, 2004
Mutual Of Omaha Sells Variable BusinessNU Online News Service, Feb. 2, 2004, 4:48 p.m. EST -- Security Benefit Group Inc., Topeka, Kan., is acquiring the variable life and variable ...
January 30, 2004
Times Reports On Variable Annuity InvestigationsNU Online News Service, Jan. 30, 2004, 5:38 p.m. EST -- The New York Times says regulators are looking hard at variable annuities.[@@]NASD, Washington, ...
January 28, 2004
Analyst: Boomers To Bring Golden AgeNU Online News Service, Jan. 28, 2004, 12:20 p.m. EST, New York -- Insurers are poised for a "golden age" that will eclipse their ...
January 27, 2004
VA Sales Surge At Jackson NationalNU Online News Service, Jan. 27, 2004, 6:13 p.m. EST -- Jackson National Life Insurance Company is starting to see results from its shift ...
January 20, 2004
Bank Annuity Sales Fall Again In NovemberNU Online News Service, Jan. 20, 2004, 3:49 p.m. EST -- Bank sales of annuities fell for the second straight month in November 2003.[@@]Bank ...
January 15, 2004
Securities Regulators Put VA Sales On Scams ListNU Online News Service, Jan. 15, 2004, 12:18 p.m. EST -- An organization of state securities regulators has for the first time listed variable ...
January 15, 2004
ChaseBank One Deal Combines 2 Bank Insurance PowerhousesChase/Bank One Deal Combines 2 Bank Insurance PowerhousesByThe planned merger of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York, and Bank One Corporation, Chicago, announced Jan. ...