Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
October 07, 2001
What America's Crisis Means For Annuity Buyers And SellersWhat America's Crisis Means For Annuity Buyers And SellersBy Thomas F. Streiff As I write this, a murderous act of war has the financial system ...
October 07, 2001
VAs Will Survive The CUrrent Financial ClimateVAs Will Survive The Current Financial Climate During the past few weeks, we have received an increasing number of telephone calls from various financial reporters ...
October 07, 2001
'Annuities Have A Story To Tell' Now, Producers SayAnnuities Have A Story To Tell Now, Producers SayBy Right now, consumers are pretty much in a holding pattern, where their annuity purchases are concerned, ...
September 20, 2001
Unbundling Annuities: Customers Speak And Computers CringeUnbundling Annuities: Customers Speak And Computers CringeByWhen Henry Ford applied mass production techniques to the fledgling automobile industry to make cars affordable to most workers, ...
September 09, 2001
'Packaged Riders' Sales Approach Focuses On Personal SolutionsBy People seldom look for financial products. What they want is not another product, but a solution to meet a need.In fact, a study ...
September 09, 2001
Using Immediate Annuities To Update An Estate PlanUsing Immediate Annuities To Update An Estate PlanOne of the best and most often used estate-planning techniques is the marital deduction. You can leave as ...
September 09, 2001
A Variable Annuity Inside An IRA? Educate Clients, Let Them ChooseA Variable Annuity Inside An IRA? Educate Clients, Let Them Choose ByThe debate over whether it makes sense to use a variable annuity inside ...
August 28, 2001
Second-Quarter Variable Annuity Sales Down 20%NU Online News Service, Aug. 28, 10:05 a.m. -- U.S. variable annuities attracted only $29 billion in total premium flow in the second quarter, ...
August 22, 2001
SunAmerica To Use NaviSys Software For New AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Aug. 22, 2:55 p.m. -- NaviSys Inc., Edison, N.J., says SunAmerica Inc., Los Angeles, will be using its software to ...
August 19, 2001
The Challenges Just Dont Stop For Varible Product SellersThe Challenges Just Dont Stop For Variable Product SellersByWashington, D.C. The riders, guarantees, and living benefits that have been added to variable insurance products in ...