Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
September 01, 2002
LTC-Annuities: Two Birds, One StoneChelsea K. BachrachThe marketplace is showing increasing interest in a hybrid product that consists of long term care insurance and an annuity (LTC-Annuity products).Although this ...
August 28, 2002
Scudder To Distribute Manulife Variable AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Aug. 28, 1:25 p.m. -- Manulife USA, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., Toronto, is working with Scudder Investments to ...
August 25, 2002
VAs Continue Comeback In BanksByBank variable annuity premiums were up 34% in June 2002 over year-ago levels and increased 6% over May 2002, reports Kenneth Kehrer Associates, Princeton, ...
August 25, 2002
'To Age 100' Features Proliferate In Life Insurance And AnnuitiesTo Age 100 Features Proliferate In Life Insurance And AnnuitiesByMethuselahs may not exist, but plenty of centenarians do. The U.S. Census Bureau projected that, in ...
August 18, 2002
Don't Use Joint Annuities For LTC Artificial ImpoverishmentDont Use Joint Annuities For LTC Artificial ImpoverishmentByArtificial impoverishment has been practiced for years and still is by a good many elder law attorneys. Now, ...
August 15, 2002
Banks Continue VA ComebackNU Online News Service, Aug. 15, 4:46 p.m. -- Bank variable annuity sales increased to $1.2 billion in June, up 6% from May and ...
August 14, 2002
Nationwide: Banks Poised To Sell More InsuranceNU Online News Service, Aug. 14, 3:59 p.m. -- High-income professionals might be more interested in buying life insurance and annuities from banks than ...
August 12, 2002
Bank Broker Dealers Had Strong QuarterNU Online News Service, Aug. 12, 5:07 p.m. -- Bank broker-dealers brought in more revenue during the second quarter, according to Kenneth Kehrer Associates, ...
August 11, 2002
Index Annuities: To Protect And PreserveByBack in 1999, many financial counselors were urging clients to "take some money off the table."I also spread this refrain in my turn-of-the-century presentations on ...
August 04, 2002
Competition Tightens In The Bank Annuity MarketCompetition Tightens In The Bank Annuity MarketByShelf space for annuities in banks is narrowing, despite investor skittishness over the stock market, experts say.Notwithstanding record sales, ...