Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
October 31, 2023
Draft Labor Regulations Allow Annuity CommissionsFiduciary disclosure rules would change, and sales-based awards for independent producers would be out.
October 31, 2023
These 12 States Keep Hospitalizing People With COVID-19Weekly admissions of working-age U.S. adults are more than twice as high as in July.
October 31, 2023
DOL Releases New Fiduciary RulePresident Joe Biden said Tuesday "we're taking additional action to eliminate junk fees in retirement savings."
October 31, 2023
New DOL Fiduciary Rule Closes Loopholes, Biden Officials ExplainThe rule applies a fiduciary standard to retirement advice on rollovers and fixed indexed annuities.
October 30, 2023
New Model Shows Rise in Millennial Death RateIn the years just before COVID-19, Americans 25-45 had a noticeable "negative improvement" in life expectancy.
October 30, 2023
LUMINARIES 2023 Finalists: Executive Leadership — Individuals, Group 2Here's how executives at RIAs and retirement-focused firms are changing the advice industry.
October 30, 2023
LUMINARIES 2023 Finalists: Community Impact — FirmsHere's how broker-dealers, RIAs and other financial-services groups are making a difference — locally and nationwide.
October 26, 2023
Mortality Is Still Running High, Globe Life Tells Wall StreetAt Ameriprise, variable annuity sales were up 18%.
October 26, 2023
With Yields Above 5%, Some Investors Say It's Safe to Buy Bonds AgainAmeriprise says financial advisers and clients should start moving cash into bonds as the Fed wraps up its tightening cycle.
October 26, 2023
10 Worst States for Diabetes NowMore than 10% of clients are heading toward retirement with an anvil around their neck.