Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
Big Jump In Insurance Profits Boosts Citigroup Net Income
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Oct. 20, 2003, 6:05 p.m. EDT -- Citigroup Inc., New York, says improved investment results at its life and annuity ...
October 07, 2003
Survey: 17% Of College Savers Use AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Oct. 7, 2003, 6:17 p.m. EST -- Seventeen percent of U.S. households that are saving for college are putting some ...
October 02, 2003
Selling Annuities In Tandem With LTC InsuranceSelling Annuities In Tandem With LTC InsuranceByMany long term care insurance producers insist the only way to sell the product is to sell it and ...
October 02, 2003
The GMWD: Newest VA Benefit TwistAfter two years of depressed sales, variable annuity gross sales have rebounded in 2003.Year-to-date variable annuity sales totaled $63.3 billion through June 2003, according to ...
October 02, 2003
Index Annuities Starting To Deliver Equity-Linked ReturnsIndex Annuities Starting To Deliver Equity-Linked ReturnsByOver the preceding three years, most index annuity owners did not receive any equity index-linked interest.This meant many producers ...
October 02, 2003
Regulators Tackle VA ReservingByChicago Regulators are looking for short-term as well as long-term solutions for reserving for variable annuities.The long-term solution is on track to be considered by ...
October 02, 2003
Can New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?_Can New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?Even the most exuberant optimist has to admit that the annuity business has fallen on hard times. In ...
October 02, 2003
Interesting Times Now And Ahead For AnnuitiesInteresting Times Now And Ahead For AnnuitiesThe old Chinese saying-- "May you live in interesting times"--seems to have been conferred on todays annuity insurers. The ...