Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
April 06, 2003
Fixed Index Annuity Sales Hit New Record Of $11.7 Billion in 2002Fixed Index Annuity Sales Hit New Record Of $11.7 Billion In 2002ByFixed index annuities continued on their record-setting sales track, producing $11.67 billion in sales ...
April 06, 2003
As Interest Rates Fall, Fixed Annuities Hit Highs And VA Fixed Accounts RiseBy Eric Sondergeld and Daniel Q. BeatriceWhen annuity sales declined in 2001, it was only the second time since 1985 that annual sales dropped from ...
April 06, 2003
Safety Of FAs A Comfort To BanksByAlthough the rush to the safety of fixed annuities continued among bank customers last year, a burst of new variable annuity products from manufacturers also ...
April 03, 2003
Blue Frog To Help Beacon With XML StandardsNU Online News Service, April 3, 2003, 12:29 p.m. EST -- Beacon Research Inc., Evanston, Ill., has picked Blue Frog Solutions Inc., Pompano Beach, ...
April 01, 2003
Jefferson Pilot Creates Hybrid AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, April 1, 2003, 3:15 p.m. EST -- Jefferson Pilot Financial, Greensboro, N.C., has introduced the Jefferson Pilot New Directions and ...
March 28, 2003
Kehrer: Banks Report Higher January VA SalesNU Online News Service, March 28, 2003, 4:43 p.m. EST -- U.S. banks generated $3.6 billion in annuity sales in January, down 5% from ...
March 26, 2003
Banks Report $2.3 Billion In January Fund SalesNU Online News Service, March 26, 2003, 1:37 p.m. EST -- U.S. bank and savings institution branches generated $2.3 billion in sales of long-term ...
March 25, 2003
Lincoln Offers Principal Security ProtectionNU Online News Service, March 25, 2003, 12:23 p.m. EST -- Lincoln National Corp., Philadelphia, is selling a new feature that is supposed to ...
March 19, 2003
Bank Broker-Dealers Report Drab 4th Quarter SalesNU Online News Service, March 19, 2003, 3:33 p.m. EST -- Bank broker-dealers reported soft sales for the fourth quarter of 2002, according to ...
March 18, 2003
Insurers Oppose State Securities Oversight For Variable ProductsNU Online News Service, March 18, 2003, 5:24 p.m. EST -- AtlantaInsurers and producers urged state insurance regulators here at the spring meeting of ...