Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
VAs Surged In Banks In September
By Trevor ThomasByDespite 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 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 ...
November 14, 2002
AXA Reports $270 Million In U.S. VA Guarantee ExposureNU Online News Service, Nov. 14, 9:47 a.m. -- The AXA Group, Paris, says its U.S.-based AXA Financial unit and a sister unit, AXA ...
November 13, 2002
BB&T To Market Two Nationwide AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Nov. 13, 3:03 p.m. -- Branch Banking and Trust Company, a unit of BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C., will be marketing ...
November 10, 2002
Bank Annuity Sales Declined 7% In AugustBank Annuity Sales Declined 7% In AugustByBank sales of fixed and variable annuities fell 7% in August to $4.1 billion, from Julys near-record $4.2 billion, ...
October 31, 2002
August Bank Annuity Sales Fell 7%NU Online News Service, Oct. 31, 3:30 p.m. -- Bank sales of fixed and variable annuities fell 7% in August to $4.1 billion, from ...
October 27, 2002
In Aging America, Income Annuities May Provide Solutions People NeedThe clients answer to my question was unforgettable. He had been sitting silently for 45 minutes while his son listed each of the fathers assets ...