Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
December 20, 2002
Study: VA Sales Literature Needs ImprovementNU Online News Service, Dec. 20, 3:15 p.m. -- Sellers of variable annuities should put more emphasis on VA basics and protection features in ...
December 20, 2002
Prudential Financial To Buy American SkandiaNU Online News Service, Dec. 20, 2:35 p.m. -- Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., has signed an agreement with Skandia Insurance Company Ltd., Stockholm, ...
December 16, 2002
Nationwide Updates Annuity, Advisory ProgramsNU Online News Service, Dec. 16, 12:13 p.m. -- Nationwide Financial Services Inc., Columbus, Ohio, is updating its variable annuity program and setting up ...
December 15, 2002
Scam Alert On Charitable Gift Annuities Was A False Alarm"Scam Alert" On Charitable Gift Annuities Was A False AlarmTo The Editor: In his Dec. 2 article, "Scam Alert on Some Charitable Gift Annuities," Chris ...
December 01, 2002
Scam Alert: Some Charitable Gift Annuities May Cause ProblemsScam Alert: Some Charitable Gift Annuities May Cause ProblemsByCharitable gift annuities are wonderful planning tools, but theres been some recent talk about them involving scams ...
November 24, 2002
VAs Surged In Banks In SeptemberByDespite a still-shaky stock market, banks sales of variable annuities staged a comeback in September, while banks fixed annuity sales continued their recent slump, ...
November 24, 2002
Full Disclosure's Variable And Variable Universal Life ReportFull Disclosures Variable And Variable Universal Life ReportFull Disclosure surveys leading variable and variable universal life upper market insurers twice a year. The charts in ...
November 20, 2002
Bank VA Sales Surge In SeptemberNU Online News Service, Nov. 20, 1:45 p.m. -- Despite the shakiness of the stock market, banks' sales of variable annuities staged a comeback ...
November 18, 2002
American Skandia Updates AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Nov. 18, 10:13 a.m. -- American Skandia Marketing Inc., Shelton, Conn., is eliminating the AS Impact variable annuity and replacing ...
November 17, 2002
Hartford VA Option 'Guarantees Principal With Upside Potential'Hartford VA Option Guarantees Principal With Upside PotentialByHartford Life, Simsbury, Conn., has debuted a feature for its variable annuities that the company says "guarantees principal ...